I googled for 'checkinstall ranlib: could not create temporary file whilst writing archive', and it looks like a common problem not specific to xrdp. I believe it's a permission problem. Did /usr/local/lib/xrdp exist prior to the install? Does the user running checkinstall have permissions to create files there? Another possibility is that checkinstall is confused by static libraries being installed to a non-standard library directory. Citizen Watch Check Serial Number there.

Please try configuring xrdp with./configure --disable-static, recompiling it and installing it with checkinstall. Please specify the distro version you are using and the version of checkinstall. It may help developers reproduce your problem.

Installing the STk Scheme interpreter on Ubuntu Mate. Version that I could install using the apt-get. Cache./config.cache checking for ranlib. I googled for 'checkinstall ranlib: could not create temporary file whilst writing archive', and it looks like a common problem not specific to xrdp.