xsane and xsane-gimp1.1 are almost identical, with the exception of rules and changelog. To change rules and changelog to make an xsane package, type: ./debian/rules xsane-files To change rules and changelog to make an xsane-gimp1.1 package, type: ./debian/rules xsane-gimp1.1-files The first line of changelog should list the package as "xsane" or "xsane-gimp1.1" for the respective packages. In rules, the "package =" and "gimp-version =" lines should be changed as follows: for xsane: package = xsane gimp-version=1.0 or package = xsane-gimp1.1 gimp-version=1.1