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I'm a GetDeb contributor, building Ubuntu packages of new applications. The build system I use is CowBuilder (pbuilder/cowdancer) plus CCache to speedup the process.

Following is a simple guide to setup such an environment on an Ubuntu system.

Install packages: sudo apt-get install cowdancer ccacheEdit ~/.pbuilderrc : ## Overrides /etc/pbuilderrc

# Default distribution
DISTRIBUTION=feisty
COMPONENTS="main restricted universe multiverse"

# Repositories
MIRRORSITE=http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

# Bash prompt inside pbuilder
export debian_chroot="pbuild$$"

# Faster dependency resolution
PBUILDERSATISFYDEPENDSCMD="/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-gdebi"

# CCache setup
export CCACHE_DIR="/var/cache/pbuilder/ccache"
export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:${PATH}"

EXTRAPACKAGES=ccache
BINDMOUNTS="${CCACHE_DIR}"Create CCache directory (user 1234 is default inside cowbuilder): sudo mkdir /var/cache/pbuilder/ccache
sudo chown 1234 /var/cache/pbuilder/ccacheCreate the build environment: sudo cowbuilder --create --distribution feistyAfter the (rather long) download and install procedure you can start compiling your own packages like this:
sudo cowbuilder --build flv2mpeg4_0+svn3-1~getdeb1.dsc
The resulting package can be found in /var/cache/pbuilder/result/