Using checkinstall instead of make install

[2lssfz]

Hi, sorry if this seems dumb but I don't know much about compiling from source. Is there a way to use checkinstall instead of make install when compiling?
Normally I use checkinstall because it makes adding and removing the program a lot easier. I tried substituting checkinstall in place of make install -f makefile.linux and got this error:

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========================= Installation results ===========================
make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.

****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

From what I can see there is no way to specify the makefile with checkinstall.
Does anyone know if it is possible to install with checkinstall?

[2lssfz]

Never mind, I figured out how to do it.

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sudo checkinstall make -f makefile.linux install

Makes a deb package on Ubuntu 8.04