CheckInstall

Have you ever want to build your own .deb package for distribution ? Ubuntu's checkinstall helps us to make custom .deb package.

CheckInstall keeps track of all files installed by a "make install" or equivalent, creates a Slackware, RPM, or Debian package with those files, and adds it to the installed packages database, allowing for easy package removal or distribution.

with checkinstall we can create Debian, RPM and Slackware package,

# in the source folder, usually we do 
# ./configure
# make
# make install 

# checkinstall can be used to make .deb file without actual install on the system
# make checkinstall 
$sudo checkinstall--install=no --fstrans=yes make