How to pass options to checkinstall?

[ernstblaauw]

Hi,

Before, I did use the commands
make sqlite=true unstable=true
sudo make sqlite=true unstable=true install
to install the program.

Now, I want to make a .deb package and tried checkinstall. However, I'm not succeeding in passing the options 'sqlite=true unstable=true' to the package via checkinstall. Does anybody know the correct command? Everytime, it the options are causing an error in checkinstall:

checkinstall: unrecognized option '--sqlite=true'
checkinstall: unrecognized option '--unstable=true'

or (if I removed the dashes):
/var/tmp/tmp.OvHiYxyoYI/installscript.sh: 4: sqlite=true: not found

Thanks for your help :-).

[andrew.46]

Hi ernstblaauw,


make sqlite=true unstable=true
sudo make sqlite=true unstable=true install

I have not tested this:

sudo checkinstall make sqlite=true unstable=true install

does not work? Documentation on the website (http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/docs/README) suggests:


NOTE: If you give no arguments to checkinstall it will run a "make install".
If you give arguments, the first non-option argument will be used as the
install command. This is useful when the install command is not "make install"
but something else like "make install_packages" or "setup" or whatever, i.e.

checkinstall make install_packages
checkinstall make modules_install
checkinstall install.sh
checkinstall setup
checkinstall rpm -i my-package-1.0.i386-1.rpm


but I am not sure how to utilise this with your scenario...

Andrew

[ernstblaauw]

Thanks! Indeed, sudo checkinstall make sqlite=true unstable=true install works. I overlooked this item in the manual.

[andrew.46]

Hi ernstblaauw,

Thanks! Indeed, sudo checkinstall make sqlite=true unstable=true install works.


Excellent news :). I shall file this one away for my own personal use as to tell the truth I was also not aware of this syntax for checkinstall and it certainly opens up a few possibilities.

Andrew