It seems to be an autoconf/automake based project, from what you included in your mail, how about using make install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp from the install target of your debian/rules? Or if that doesn't work, you can still use make install bindir=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/bin or something like that..
Cheers, -- Gergely Nagy \ mhp/|8]
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