I find it easy enough to do: $ sudo apt-get update $ apt-src -bi install $package apt-src will then "install" the source of the package into the current working directory, then "b"uild it, and then "i"nstall the resulting binaries.
Thanks for the tip. This is actually very comfortable and works on all architectures. I'll be using it from now on. Could this tip please be put into [1] or [2]? Ondrej [1] http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/maintainer-intro [2] http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/qanda