There is "checkinstall" that creates an apt package by watching changes during a "make install" step. So you can install many programs that don't provide .deb p

There is "checkinstall" that creates an apt package by watching changes during a "make install" step. So you can install many programs that don't provide .deb packages or only provide source code that way. https://wiki.debian.org/CheckInstall https://wiki.debian.org/CheckInstall