How to build packages: 1. Get debian stuff from GitHub: # git clone https://github.com/ip1981/open-axiom-debian.git 2. Change to the created directory: # cd open-axiom-debian 3. Get original sources (from OpenAxiom subversion repository): # ./debian/rules get-orig-source 4. Unpack the created tarball (* stands for version, e. g. 1.4.1+svn~2299): # tar xf open-axiom_*.orig.tar.gz --strip-component=1 Remember to apply patches: # QUILT_PATCHES=debian/patches quilt push -a 5. Install build dependencies. Take a look at `debian/control'. 6. Start building, either: # sudo ./debian/rules binary or: # dpkg-buildpackage -sa -rfakeroot or: # sudo dpkg-buildpackage -sa (latter two require *.orig.tar.gz in the upper directory: # mv open-axiom_*.orig.tar.gz .. ) 7. See and install new packages (open-axiom and open-axiom-databases at least): # ls -lh ../*.deb # sudo dpkg -i ../open-axiom_*.deb ../open-axiom-databases_*.deb