From Sigmon

building deb packages from source

~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

# deb experimental
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free  
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free  

cd ~/deb-sources/libvirt-0.7.0$ dpkg-buildpackage 
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See Also

• checkinstall http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/