>>>>> "Jesse" == Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jesse> I downloaded the source of a program and did ./configure. Jesse> I am ready to do make on it but I thought I had heard you Jesse> can make a debian package out of it. Is this true? If it Jesse> is, how can I do it? It is true. Doing it is a bit easier said than done. If there is not already a debian/ subdirectory, then do a dh_make on the directory. After the debian/ subdirectory looks good, then do "fakeroot debian/rules binary". If everything goes well, you will end up with a deb file on the above directory. An example will help: ~$ cd foo-1.1/ foo-1.1$ dh_make [lots of output] foo-1.1$ cd debian/ debian$ rm cron.d.ex emacsen* init.d.ex # maybe more debian$ vi rules [do some editing to make sure everything works fine] debian$ cd .. foo-1.1$ fakeroot debian/rules binary [lots of output] foo-1.1$ cd .. # if there were no errors ~$ dpkg -i foo_1.1.deb This is an ideal session. There's usually a lot of editing the debian/rules file to get everything right and then recompiling. Have patience and everything will work out. Cheers, Chris