Re: [Trisquel-users] what the heck do i do with tar.gz files?

[akirashinigami]

There is also checkinstall.  It's been a few years since I've used it, so I  
don't remember much about it, but if I recall correctly, it takes a program  
tarball, builds a proper Debian-style package from it, so it can be installed  
and tracked like other software on the system.