checkinstall --version (return code: 0)
checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
This software is released under the GNU GPL.
Copyright (c) 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran <izto@asic-linux.com.mx>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the version 2 of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
checkinstall -HELP (return code: 1)
checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
This software is released under the GNU GPL.
Usage: checkinstall [options] [command [command arguments]]
Options:
*Package type selection*
-t,--type=<slackware|rpm|debian> Choose packaging system
-S Build a Slackware package
-R Build a RPM package
-D Build a Debian package
*Install options*
--install=<yes|no> Toggle created package installation
--fstrans=<yes|no> Enable/disable the filesystem translation code
*Scripting options*
-y, --default Accept default answers to all questions
--pkgname=<name> Set name
--pkgversion=<version> Set version
-A, --arch, --pkgarch=<arch> Set architecture
--pkgrelease=<release> Set release
--pkglicense=<license> Set license
--pkggroup=<group> Set software group
--pkgsource=<source> Set source location
--pkgaltsource=<altsource> Set alternate source location
--pakdir=<directory> The new package will be saved here
--maintainer=<email addr> The package maintainer (.deb)
--provides=<list> Features provided by this package
--requires=<list> Features required by this package
--conflicts=<list> Packages that this package cannot be installed with (.deb)
--replaces=<list> Packages that this package replaces (.deb)
--rpmflags=<flags> Pass this flags to the rpm installer
--rpmi Use the -i flag for rpm when installing a .rpm
--rpmu Use the -U flag for rpm when installing a .rpm
--dpkgflags=<flags> Pass this flags to the dpkg installer
--spec=<path> .spec file location
--nodoc Do not include documentation files
*Info display options*
-d<0|1|2> Set debug level
-si Run an interactive install command
--showinstall=<yes|no> Toggle interactive install command
-ss Run an interactive Slackware installation script
--showslack=<yes|no> Toggle interactive Slackware installation script
*Package tuning options*
--autodoinst=<yes|no> Toggle the creation of a doinst.sh script
--strip=<yes|no> Strip any ELF binaries found inside the package
--stripso=<yes|no> Strip any ELF binary libraries (.so files)
--addso=<yes|no> Search for any shared libs and add
them to /etc/ld.so.conf
--reset-uids=<yes|no> Reset perms for all files to o=g, dirs to 755 and
the owner/group for all dirs to root.root
--gzman=<yes|no> Compress any man pages found inside the package
--docdir=<path> Where to put documentation files
The package name+version gets automatically appended.
To avoid that prefix the path with a colon (:).
--umask=<mask> Set the umask value
--exclude=<file|dir[,...]> Exclude these files/directories from the package
--include=<listfile> Force the inclusion in the package of the
files/dirs listed in "listfile"
--inspect Inspect the package's file list
--review-spec Review the spec file before creating a .rpm
--review-control Review the control file before creating a .deb
--newslack Use the new (8.1+) Slackware description format
("--newslack" implies "-S")
--with-tar=/path/to/tar Manually set the path to the tar binary
in this system
*Cleanup options*
--deldoc=<yes|no> Delete doc-pak upon termination
--deldesc=<yes|no> Delete description-pak upon termination
--delspec=<yes|no> Delete spec file upon termination
--bk Backup any overwritten files
--backup=<yes|no> Toggle backup
*About CheckInstall*
--help, -h Show this message
--copyright Show Copyright information
--version Show version information