Does checkinstall command add dependencies in the package?

I learned about checkinstall today. I installed mdp on Linux Lite installed on VirtualBox using checkinstall. mdp depends on a package called libncursesw5-dev, which wasn't installed on my machine. But when I ran checkinstall, mdp was installed and worked flawlessly. So, here's what I need to know from you, does checkinstall install the dependencies and pack it in the .deb, .rpm, etc. files? > **NOTE:** And yes, since I'm using Linux Lite on VirtualBox, I took a snapshot of the machine and used make instead of checkinstall, and make threw an error to install the dependencies first.