I forgot to mention, you need the dpkg-dev package installed, as well as the -dev packages for the needed libraries. Sorry!
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Brad wrote: > i don't know about a binary deb, but the source packages are available > from your favorite Debian mirror, in the debian/project/experimental > directory. > 1) download the foo.orig.tar.gz, foo.diff.gz, and foo.dsc files > 2) dpkg-source -x foo.dsc > 3) cd foo > 4) debian/rules binary (as root, or sudone or fakerooted) > 5) dpkg -i ../foo.deb