CheckInstall Alternatives

CheckInstall is described as 'Linux program which eases installation & uninstallation of software compiled from source. After software compilation it can automatically generate a Slackware, RPM, or Debian-compatible package that can later be cleanly uninstalled' and is an app. There are four alternatives to CheckInstall for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Ubuntu and Linux Mint. The best alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CheckInstall are GNU Make, Grop and Porg.

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CheckInstall is a Linux program which eases installation & uninstallation of software compiled from source. After...

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CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler...
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GNU Make
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Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
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Grop
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Linux
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Grop is the graphic interface of porg. It uses and depends on the GTKMM library (version 3.4.0 or later). It's not meant to be a replacement of porg, since it lacks some important features like logging package installations, but it allows for manipulating the installed...

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Porg
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Porg (formerly known as paco), is a program to aid management of software packages installed from source code.

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