<s>
CheckInstall	B-Device
is	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
which	O
eases	O
the	O
installation	O
and	O
uninstallation	O
of	O
software	O
compiled	O
from	O
source	O
by	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
software	O
compilation	O
it	O
can	O
automatically	O
generate	O
a	O
Slackware-	O
,	O
RPM-	O
,	O
or	O
Debian-compatible	O
package	B-Application
that	O
can	O
later	O
be	O
cleanly	O
uninstalled	O
through	O
the	O
appropriate	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CheckInstall	B-Device
monitors	O
the	O
installation	O
phase	O
of	O
a	O
normal	O
software	O
build	O
process	O
and	O
notes	O
the	O
files	O
that	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
then	O
builds	O
a	O
package	B-Application
that	O
contains	O
these	O
files	O
,	O
using	O
additional	O
information	O
gathered	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
the	O
files	O
installed	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
run	O
are	O
removed	O
and	O
the	O
package	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
using	O
the	O
system	O
package	B-Application
tools	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
package	B-Application
will	O
be	O
properly	O
registered	O
in	O
the	O
local	O
installed	O
packages	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
benefits	O
provided	O
by	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
versus	O
simply	O
running	O
make	O
install	O
are	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
package	B-Application
from	O
the	O
system	O
using	O
the	O
system	O
packaging	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
resulting	O
package	B-Application
on	O
multiple	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CheckInstall	B-Device
is	O
sometimes	O
cited	O
as	O
a	O
mechanism	O
for	O
creating	O
packages	O
by	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
instead	O
of	O
creating	O
numerous	O
platform-specific	O
build	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Checkinstall	B-Device
is	O
usually	O
used	O
after	O
running	O
a	O
configure	B-Device
script	I-Device
and	O
make	O
,	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
entering	O
some	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
author	O
and	O
a	O
package	B-Application
description	O
,	O
you	O
will	O
get	O
the	O
folder	O
where	O
the	O
generated	O
package	B-Application
has	O
been	O
saved	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
