Details on this package are located in Section 6.21.2, “Contents of Bzip2.”
The Bzip2 package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. Compressing text files with bzip2 yields a much better compression percentage than with the traditional gzip.
The Bzip2 package does not contain a configure script. Compile and test it with:
make
Install the package to a temporary directory:
make PREFIX=$(pwd)/debian/tmp/tools install
Create the package archive:
buildpkg --package=bzip2-pass1
Install the package:
dpkg -i ../bzip2-pass1_1.0.6_*.deb
Details on this package are located in Section 6.21.2, “Contents of Bzip2.”