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Creating .deb-Packages With Checkinstall Checkinstall is a nice tool to create simple .deb-packages that you can use in your local network (e.g. if you have to install the same piece of software on multiple computers running Debian). It lets you compile and install software from the sources like before, but with the difference that you end up with a simple Debian package which also means that you can easily uninstall the software you just compiled by running dpkg -r!

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By: Will F
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Thanks for the useful guide!  

By: ramin
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not working

E: Package 'libgmp3' has no installation candidate

gzip: stdin: not in gzip formattar: Child returned status 1tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

By: Arch Brooks
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This tool consistently breaks linux and makes the root disk unbootable.  I tell colleagues to avoid using checkinstall.  Worse than a virus.