I keep seeing people saying make; make install is bad. I can't seem to find anyone with a reasonable explanation.
So, why is it bad? Or why do people tend to say "It's bad, use clear install instead" or similar?
./configure; make; make install is bad because it is difficult to undo unless:
uninstall target, or prefix to configure, so all the installed files are tucked away in a neat corner of the filesystem. One should use checkinstall instead. Install it:
sudo apt-get install checkinstall
And then use checkinstall instead of make install:
./configure
make
checkinstall
(With appropriate usage of sudo.) And then you can use the package system to remove it:
sudo dpkg -r <name-of-package>
