Debian packaging notes by Graeme Humphries : Here's the short list on how to build your own Debian/Ubuntu package: * Install and configure pbuilder (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto) * Create the Debian specific bitforce module config from its patch: patch -p1 < debian/patches/bfgminer-bitforce.diff * Build the package using pbuilder: pdebuild * The built package should end up in /var/cache/pbuilder/results Debian packaging depends on new release versions being entered into debian/changelog. The versions in that file need the Debian/Ubuntu release specific suffix (0precise1) as all packages go into a shared pool, and so they need to have distinct names for different releases. When a new release happens, just add it with some brief changelog notes to that file, and it should be ready to generate a new source package and upload to the Launchpad PPA.