Lot of users want to make deb files from source code. It is not a difficult job. Try the following steps to make deb from source files.
First You have to install checkinstall
$ sudo apt-get install checkinstall
Download the source file, such as example.tar.gz and extract it.
$ wget http://www.example.com/downloads/example.tar.gz

Have you heard of CUBRID - open source DBMS highly optimized for Web Applications? In this "Absolute Beginner's Guide to CUBRID" I'll tell you what CUBRID is, why use CUBRID instead of other database servers, who else uses CUBRID, where to get it, how to install it, how to run SQL & write PHP codes to get your site running on CUBRID. All of it in a very quick and easy-to-understand Guide!

Over time K3b got its reputation as one of the most powerful burning applications not only for KDE, but for Linux in general. This short guide will list several easy steps you need to follow in order to compile and install K3b from source.

This guide shows how you can install and use BleachBit on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop to delete unnecessary files. BleachBit deletes unnecessary files (such as cache, cookies, Internet history, localizations, logs, temporary files, and broken shortcuts) to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk.

If you want to convert .chm file to .pdf file you need to install chm2pdf application.This is A Python script that converts CHM files into PDF files. The package supports batch conversion, command line, PDF security options, password protection and compression modes. The program has Explorer-like interface.

The final part of our installation jigsaw puzzle is to create the answer file, in SUSE this is known as AutoYaST.

Applications can create a lot of temporary files sometimes, and these files aren’t always cleaned up automatically. An example of this is when you run Python applications. Particularly if you’re a Python developer, your source code directories stack up with a .pyc version of each file, which is the cached compiled copy of the script.

If you want to open PDF files inside Firefox you need to install mozplugger.mozplugger allows you to seamlessly integrate external applications to view files downloaded from the web that Mozilla can not normally handle. The application is embedded within a Mozilla window as to act like and feel like a true plugin.

video/x-asf-unknown or MSS2 are two codecs required to play windows media files. If you’re unable to play them on your using regular media players on your Ubuntu, install Mplayer and you should be good to play any WMA files.