This problem gets adressed by a program called "checkinstall".
If present in the system, you can after "./configure" and "make"
run the command "make checkinstall" instead of "make install".
It creates a .deb package out of your compiled program.
Advantage: you can install it with dpkg -i and easily remove with "sudo
apt-get remove packagename".
I have to mention that it's been a while ago since I last used this method.
I'm sure that it's called "checkinstall", but not garuantee about the syntax
etc.
