Re: building a new debian package

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 li

building a new debian package

Hello I am having trouble making a debian package that I building install a binary file the directory of my choice. I've been looking at http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-modify.html#s-destdir to change the install directory, but I can't seem to get it to work. After running dpkg-buildpac