AJackson wrote:

> On Mar 15, 1:48 am, Geico Caveman <spammers-go-h...@spam.invalid>
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using Debian Etch. I need to update my nvidia drivers but
>> the debian
>> drivers are fairly old for etch. I want to be able to create nvidia-*
>> debian packages from the nvidia driver downloaded from nvidia's website.
>> I regularly use checkinstall for creating debian packages but that
>> presumes a ./configure/make/make install type of work flow.
>>
>> How are the nvidia packages in non-free created, btw. ?
>
> Please do search on http://wiki.debian.org/ where there is a large
> page where three different ways of installing video drivers for nVidia
> is described. You should be abel to find a good way of installing
> nVidias binary driver there, that suits you.
>
> Good luck

Thanks for your effort, but I do not think you bothered to read my question
before responding to it. I know how to install packages - from nvidia's raw
drivers and from Debian packages.

I am looking for a way to *CREATE* (yes, create) Debian packages, given
nvidia's drivers from their website.