The tutorials great, but if you're a total beginner, misses one or two points. You'll need to enable debain sources: mine looks like this (note deb-src): basically, just add a deb-src entry for each of your entries, you're list doesn't have to look identicle to mine. next up, install some source build tools: now go ahead and complete the tutorial also, when running dpkg after compiling, I found the file names were: NOT This is if your running a 64bit AMD processor. Just to check it's all ok: And look for pure-ftpd under the pid column. have fun kids, and remember, always ask for adult supervision when building from source
