deb maker for telegram-purple - Ubuntu

#!/bin/bash
# Very simple deb maker for telegram-purple
gitrepo=https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple
deps="libssl-dev libglib2.0-dev libpurple-dev"
gitname=telegram-purple
description="Adds support for Telegram to Pidgin, Adium, Finch and other Libpurple based messengers"

sudo apt-get install -qq checkinstall $deps
instdir=`mktemp -d`
cd "$instdir"
git clone --quiet --recursive $gitrepo >/dev/null
cd $gitname
./configure >/dev/null
make >/dev/null
echo "$description" > description-pak
version=`git describe`
sudo checkinstall -D -y --install=no --requires ${deps// /,} --pkgname "$gitname" --pkgversion "${version/v/}" --backup=no --deldoc --deldesc --delspec
xdg-open ${gitname}*.deb
read