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CheckInstall logo CheckInstall

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

GNU Make logo GNU Make

GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
  • CheckInstall Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-09-10
  • GNU Make Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-03-12

CheckInstall

Categories
  • Front End Package Manager
  • JavaScript Package Manager
  • DevOps Tools
  • Workflows
Website checkinstall.izto.org
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GNU Make

Categories
  • Front End Package Manager
  • JavaScript Package Manager
  • JS Build Tools
  • Package Manager
Website gnu.org
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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to CheckInstall and GNU Make)

CheckInstall

GNU Make

JavaScript Package Manager
12 12%
JavaScript Package Manager
88% 88
Front End Package Manager
10 10%
Front End Package Manager
90% 90
JS Build Tools
0 0%
JS Build Tools
100% 100
Package Manager
100 100%
Package Manager
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, CheckInstall seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

CheckInstall mentions (3)

  • Are there tools to manage self compiled software?
    Checkinstall to create deb or rpm package out of source installs which you can easily remove with your package manager again. (But this only keeps track of the installed files, doesn't do any dependency tracking). Source: over 2 years ago
  • Completely uninstall/remove package compiled from source?
    There is also checkinstall which you run instead of make install. It creates a (simple) RPM package for you. You can remove that package with your package manager later on for easy uninstallation. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • How do you manage packages installed form tar files?
    Checkinstall is a rather popular way of dealing with self compiled packages. Source: about 3 years ago

GNU Make mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of GNU Make yet. Tracking of GNU Make recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CheckInstall and GNU Make, you can also consider the following products

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

CMake - CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software.

Advanced Package Tool - Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian.

SCons - SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.

Ninja Build - Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.

Meson - Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly...

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