Debian from source
This technique of installing EPrints allows you build your own debian package for eprints from our source (of the binary).
Configuring APT
Using your favorite text editor edit "/etc/apt/sources.list" and add the lines:
deb http://deb.eprints.org/ unstable/ deb-src http://deb.eprints.org/ source/
The update your apt
root@host$ apt-get update
Install build dependancies
This can now be done with one command:
root@host$ apt-get build-dep eprints
Get EPrints source
root@host$ apt-get source eprints
This will provide you with a tar.gz which is extracted to the current directory.