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by mw42 4257 days ago
For installation from source I use CheckInstall [1]. It will keep track of all the files created during a make install, and create a standard deb or rpm package that can then be installed and removed by the distribution's package manager.

[1] http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/docs/README