The Natural Philosopher  writes:
> https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage
>
> Download the source pakage and proceed as indicated. It should 'just
> build'

You need to install the build-dependencies as well. dpkg-buildpackage[1]
will tell you what they are.

 [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dpkg-buildpackage.1.html

> You need to be root probly to build stuff

You don’t need to be root to build Debian packages from source. The only
step that needs a root-like environment is the assembly of build
products into a .deb file, and fakeroot is sufficient for that (and is
what dpkg-buildpackage uses).

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