[ale] creating a debian package

[ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)]

Chris Fowler wrote:
> I've done some work to get fldigi and flrig working together.  All
> libraries used by these programs were downloaded via apt-get so that the
> only thing not in the software repository are the programs I just
> compiled.
>
> I compiled both with a prefix of /opt/fldigi and /opt/flrig.  What I
> want to do is cerate a deb package so I can copy these onto my netbook
> running 9.10 and install them into a live CD that I will rebuild.
>
> Are there any good tutorials on how to do this?
>
> Chris
>   
Checkinstall does a great job of that.  I've used it extensively.

http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

That assumes that there is a single command like "make install" that 
will do the install.

Jim.