To build the package from source yourself: # 1 # get the required software sudo devscripts apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev autotools-dev libx11-dev libxml2-dev libxinerama-dev libswscale-dev libsdl1.2-dev libavformat-dev libjack-dev libavcodec-dev libglib2.0-dev libquicktime-dev libmjpegtools-dev libjpeg62-dev libfreetype6-dev libdv4-dev libavutil-dev # 2 # build a .deb package dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b # 3 # install dpkg -i veejay-1.5.x.deb To install the binary version: # 1 dpkg -i veejay-1.5.x.deb (meet package dependency requirements) # apt-cache search # apt-get install