As I was going though the RFP (request for package) list, I saw checkinstall.
There is already a debian package made, which is downloadable from http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/download.php If Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran wishes, I could help him tidy up the debian package, and possibly improve the debian support. % dpkg-deb -I checkinstall_1.5.1-1_i386.deb control Package: checkinstall Priority: extra Section: Applications/System Installed-Size: 222 Maintainer: Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.5.1-1 Description: CheckInstall installations tracker, version 1.5.1 CheckInstall keeps track of all the files created or modified by your installation script ("make install" "make install_modules", "setup", etc), builds a standard binary package and installs it in your system giving you the ability to uninstall it with your distribution's standard package management utilities.
