How to make GRASS debian packages from CVS Download and untar latest grass snapshot, then: mv grass-6.1.cvs_src_snapshot_2005_08_06 grass-6.1.0 then update it from CVS: export CVSROOT=:pserver:grass-guest@intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository (this must be done just the first time) cvs login passwd: grass cd grass-6.1.0 cvs up -dP or (quieter, shows only the changes): cvs -q up -dP In case of a previous error during package building or compilation, you'll have some files marked with "M", or conflicting; remove them before going further, then once more cvs -q up -dP Then either: su dpkg-buildpackage or, as a normal user: fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage A number of -dev packages must be installed for this to work; if they're not, dpkg-buildpackage gives an understandable error message. Please install them before proceeding. cd .. dpkg -i grass-doc_6.1.0-1_all.deb grass_6.1.0-1_i386.deb libgrass_6.1.0-1_i386.deb