how to make a *.deb package from source

[Larry Hartman]

Should I start a new one, titled: "how I managed to upset half the people in 
the world by hijacking a thread?"  I'll take my licks and laugh at it too....

Larry

On Tuesday 02 January 2007 15:21, Lokeey wrote:
> thread-jacking - hahahaha...i didn't catch that!
>
> On 1/2/07, Art Alexion <art.alexion at verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Saturday 30 December 2006 23:36, Larry Hartman wrote:
> > > I downloaded the latest KMyMoney tar.bz2 from sf.net.  I unarchived it
> >
> > to a
> >
> > > new directory on my Desktop, performed the ./configure, make, make
> >
> > install.
> >
> > > The program runs without errors.  I wish to turn it into a *.deb in
> >
> > order
> >
> > > for it to be installed, and tracked by a package manager.  Can someone
> >
> > list
> >
> > > out the command line steps for this?
> >
> > Larry,
> >
> > Please start a new thread when you have a new question instead of
> > hijacking an
> > existing thread.  It makes reading easier for those of us who use kmail
> > or thunderbird or gmail or other threaded mail readers.
> >
> > That said, use the following steps.
> >
> > ./configure
> > make
> > checkinstall -D
> >
> >
> > --
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