I work with Ubuntu 14.04. I am trying to apply checkinstall 1.6.2 on an own installation of gcc. The installation has been completed including the make install stage. I am now back in the object directory where the make job has been completed to put checkinstall to the test. Checkinstall fails with the notificationmake: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.The reason for this is clear after cat Makefile | grep install: thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35672364/no-rule-to-make-target-install-but-makefile-exists In the Makefile the line with the target install is indeed devoid of a rule on what to do. However, make install knows how to cope with it, while checkinstall does not.Has it got any sense to edit Makefile with a rule for install, whether dummy or actual, that makes checkinstall move on (to a successful completion)?What should be put in there?Thanks for suggestions
Tweak missing `install` rule in `make` to get `checkinstall` going on
gnu make;checkinstall