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  • I downloaded the source for check install. checkinstall-1.6.2.tar.gz.
  • I then tar -xzvf checkinstall-1.6.2.tar.gz
  • Then I make.

It prints this error:

[root@ip-50-63-180-135 checkinstall-1.6.2]# make
for file in locale/checkinstall-*.po ; do \
            case ${file} in \
                    locale/checkinstall-template.po)  ;; \
                    *) \
                            out=`echo $file | sed -s 's/po/mo/'` ; \
                            msgfmt -o ${out} ${file} ; \
                            if [ $? != 0 ] ; then \
                                    exit 1 ; \
                            fi ; \
                    ;; \
            esac ; \
    done
make -C installwatch
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sofiane/checkinstall-1.6.2/installwatch'
gcc -Wall -c -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPIC -fPIC -D_REENTRANT -DVERSION=\"0.7.0beta7\" installwatch.c
 installwatch.c:2942: error: conflicting types for 'readlink'
 /usr/include/unistd.h:828: note: previous declaration of 'readlink' was here
 installwatch.c:3080: error: conflicting types for 'scandir'
 /usr/include/dirent.h:252: note: previous declaration of 'scandir' was here
installwatch.c:3692: error: conflicting types for 'scandir64'
/usr/include/dirent.h:275: note: previous declaration of 'scandir64' was here
make[1]: *** [installwatch.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sofiane/checkinstall-1.6.2/installwatch'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I searched extensively on this issue and this solution looks promising. Should I attempt to install checkinstall as an fpm? What would be the best way to go about that?

Centos 6.3 x86_64

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    What is it you're really trying to do? Using checkinstall or programs like it to create RPMs is usually the wrong way to go about it. Oct 14, 2012 at 16:38
  • Install php from source.
    – SephMerah
    Oct 14, 2012 at 16:57
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    In that case, checkinstall is absolutely the wrong thing to do. (And probably installing PHP from source is, too.) Oct 14, 2012 at 16:58
  • I attempted to install php using rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm and then yum install php54w. Then after restarting apache my phpinfo() shows up but when I try to run a index.php it reports a 500 error. I tried also just yum install php. yum install php-devel yum install php-cli` php-common etc and still 500 error. I figured installing from source is the only thing I can do now.
    – SephMerah
    Oct 14, 2012 at 17:10
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    You probably should ask a question regarding the task you really want to accomplish, not this task (which will cause you all sorts of headaches in the future, even if you manage to do it). Oct 14, 2012 at 17:11

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If you use fpm there will be almost no need to do checkinstall. fpm still has a few warts and does require some post-processing with rpmrebuild. In my case, I got the same error during initial build of checkinstall, said goodbye, and then searched for the RPM through RPMFind.net, where a suitable version emerged.

Have rarely used checkinstall, but fpm was a treat for me. It is even possible to pack fpm into an RPM after the initial gem installation and to reinstall it properly :)

Following up on @Michael Hampton 's request and your clarifications: you have no compelling reason to compile PHP from sources and attempt to track (with your bare feet!) the bleeding-edge of PHP for your production environment. More than any other program, PHP often breaks backward compatibility. However, being able to roll out RPMs is quite helpful for a lot of situations where only the source is available.

EDIT #3: another advantage of fpm is not running under root. Saves a bit of mental stress, actually.

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