I am using checkinstall to prepare debian package in my ubuntu machine. I did following procedure to prepare it
source_file_directory/ make
checkinstall -D make install
I got following at the end.
Installing with make...Installing with install...
========================= Installation results ===========================
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
**** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
Cleaning up...OK
Bye.
Did you do the ./configure before the make? There should be a readme file with instructions to configure/compile/install the package.
You do not need to specify the 'make install' as that is the default.