September 18, 2025

Install from source and create package with checkinstall

Example: to install simple terminal (st) from source and create a .deb package, run:

$ sudo apt install git checkinstall
$ git clone link/to/repo
$ make clean
$ sudo checkinstall

To remove package:

$ dpkg -r st

Other example, see suckless’ X display locker slock install: https://yctct.com/slock

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