&gt; ...I remember reading the docs on how to create .deb bundles a couple years ago, and the impression I got was that it had a somewhat steep learning curve<p>Checkinstall makes building debs pretty easy if you&#x27;re using make to build the app.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.debian-administration.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;147&#x2F;Installing_packages_from_source_code_with_checkinstall" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.debian-administration.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;147&#x2F;Installing...</a>