Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I downloaded the source of a program and did ./configure. I am ready to do >make on it but I thought I had heard you can make a debian package out of it. >Is this true? If it is, how can I do it?
Yep. Have a look at the maint-guide and packaging-manual packages (and possibly debian-policy as well). You'll also probably want to install devscripts, debhelper, and dh-make, which contain a variety of useful tools. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]