how to get apt-get to install from source

[Serg Belokamen]

I think the question was (and if its not then here it is):

How would one approach building application from source (so
./configure, make...) but using apt as an assistant so to speak. So,
for example we woulod say something like (psudo only) apt
path/to/source/code and it would take care of compilation and all
dependencies. I recall reading about something similar a while back
but never looked into it in detail :(

   Serg

On 14/07/05, ubuntp <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> 
> The source URLs are the same, just use the regular URLs in sources.list
> and put deb-src (instead of just deb) in front of them. To build the
> .deb you have to go to directory of the just downloaded source and type
> -debian/rules binary-, this will create the .deb in the parent dir.
> 
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