Many thanks for the responses! I've managed to create a .deb from source and install it. The process is somewhat more complicated than compiling a kernel, but not that much.
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" wrote: > > The New Maintainers Guide (package: maint-guide) already has a lot of this > information and is comprehensive enough for simple packages. IMO you > should work on enhancing that rather than starting a parallel effort. This document is very helpful; it sets a high standard for clarity. Kudos to Josep Rodin, the author! Jim Crumley wrote: > > Well, there already is any easy way to do this - apt-get source. > This command downloads the Debianized source of a package. To use > this command you probably want to do the following: > > 0. Make sure that you have apt-get and debhelper installed. > > 1. Add a deb-src line to your /etc/apt/sources.list - something like: > deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free Great tip! I didn't know about adding a deb-src line. John Hasler wrote: > > Use alien. Another adroit suggestion; works great. Thanks again to everyone! Stan