On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:48:29 +0000 Kevin.Bewley@camr.org.uk wrote: > to know, is there a way to do the same thing with a foo.tar.gz? Then > do a dpkg -i foo.deb? Anyone point me in the right direction? > > Or should I stick with: > ./configure > ./make > ./ make install > ? Yes, there is a way, but I don't use it so I don't know a lot about it. I found debmake by searching the Debian site, and it sounds like what you want. Kevin