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  • This is good but I'm mainly using tarballs for very active programs which arnt often packaged and the ability of switching between broken and not versions in stow is great Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 22:34
  • Unfortunately, checkinstall seems to be not that actively maintained (?) :-( Commented Apr 29, 2013 at 13:11
  • @NikosAlexandris I'm curious, if it works for its intended purpose and does this well - which, as a current non-user, I'm assuming it does - why is it necessary that it be actively maintained? Commented Feb 6, 2018 at 2:00
  • @Hashim I see your point. Out of "habitual thinking", though, would a piece of software related to compile software, not need maintenance, when compilers evolve? Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 10:47