Build and install the Debian package

Works also for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and derivatives.

1. Download the latest source of Webcamoid from here:

    wget -c -O webcamoid-8.0.0.tar.gz http://github.com/webcamoid/webcamoid/archive/8.0.0.tar.gz
   

2. Extract the sources:

    tar -zxvf webcamoid-8.0.0.tar.gz
   

3. Create the .oring file:

    tar -zcvf webcamoid_8.0.0.orig.tar.gz webcamoid-8.0.0/
   

4. Change the directory to the source directory:

    cd webcamoid-8.0.0
   

5. Move the Debian package folder to the source directory:

    mv -vf ports/debian .
   

6. Install the package build-essential:

    sudo apt-get install build-essential
   

7. Build the package (if it asks for build dependencies, install it and build again):

    dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
   

8. Change to the parent directory:

    cd ..
   

9. And install the package:

    sudo apt-get install webcamoid_8.0.0-1_amd64.deb
   

More info here and here.