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CheckInstall - Monitors installation and modification of files

CheckInstall will run make install (or whatever you tell it to run) and keep track of every file modified by the installation, using the included 'installwatch' utility.

When make install is done, CheckInstall creates a Slackware, RPM or Debian compatible package and installs it with Slackware's installpkg, "rpm -i" or Debian's "dpkg -i" as appropriate, so you can view its contents with pkgtool or remove it with removepkg. It also leaves a copy of the installed package in the source directory so you can install it wherever you want, without having to recompile.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://checkinstall.izto.org/
Source tarballhttp://checkinstall.izto.org/files/source/checkinstall-1.6.0beta2.tgz
Source informationhttp://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/download.php
Version 1.5.2 (stable) released on 2002-06-02
Version 1.6.0beta2 (devel) released on 2003-03-13
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User README included
Support contacts

Help List<checkinstall-list@asic-linux.com.mx> <checkinstall-list-subscribe@asic-linux.com.mx>
Developer List<checkinstall-devel@asic-linux.com.mx> <checkinstall-devel-subscribe@asic-linux.com.mx>

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers
Contributors
  • Pancrazio `Ezio' de Mauro
  • see also the CREDITS file in the distribution for a complete list

Related information

Interfacescommand line
ProgramsInstallwatch
Source languagesC, Shell script

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2002-07-01
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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