Build Debian Source Packages

One way to build manually downloaded Debian GNU/Linux source packages assuming build requirements are met including installing build-essential, dpkg-dev, and fakeroot packages.

1. Download the package_version-revision.dsc package_version.orig.tar.gz and package_version-revision.debian.tar.gz files.
2. cd to the download directory and run:

   
   dpkg-source -x package_version-revision.dsc
   

3. cd to package-version directory
4. optionally make changes to the source code
5. optionally increment the Debian release number of the package:

   
   export EMAIL=someemail@somedomain.com
   dch -i # from devscripts package, may also need to install libparse-debcontrol-perl
   

6. build the package:

   
   dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
   

7. install the package:

   
   sudo dpkg -i ../<packagename>_<version>-<revision>_<architecture>.deb