On 24.01.2012 10:08, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I use Debian Sid, which is similar though not identical to Ubuntu. I haven't > tried to make a .deb file, which seems like an unnecessary complication. - apt-get build-dep dwm - apt-get source dwm
and then, in the dwm-directory: - edit the source like you want - dpkg-buildpackage - dpkg -i ../dwm*.deb between editing the source and building the package you may want run something like 'dch "local changes"' to prevent your dwm gets overriden by apt with the same version in repository. Kind Regards, Michael