Software configuration question

["Jason Lieurance" <jason@vipersystems.biz>]

Hello,

 

I'm fairly new to debian as I come from a FreeBSD background and have a software question. How do you specify options for building your software with apt-get?

 

Example:

 

When building software, I'm use to: ./configure <options>, make, make install. (Like if I want to configure apache with certain options)

 

Now, with apt-get, it just goes and does it with no intervention.

 

I tried apt-get source but I don't understand what to do as the source,it looks different than what I'm use to.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

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Jason