How to make source code into .deb

It is generally a three step process. You download the source code and
unpack it. Open a terminal and change to the directory of the unpacked
files. Assuming you have no dependency issues you will type

./configure
make
sudo checkinstall

You have to have the build-essential package installed as well as
checkinstall. Checkinstall is what builds the .deb file. Many directions
will say to do "sudo make install" as the third step but while that will
install, it will not make the .deb.

If you get errors during the ./configure stage it's generally because of
missing dependencies. Installing the packages that are missing will usually
solve the problem. Once installed, run the ./configure again until it
finishes without errors.

Hope that helps.

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