How to build .deb packages from tar.gz

Method 1
The common method is to use dh_make and dpkg-buildpackage to create a .deb package and install it. This is how we do it.
Step 1. Install required packages.
sudo apt-get install dh-make fakeroot build-essential autotools-dev

Step 1. Extract the contents of Tarball
tar -xvzf source.tar.gz

Step 2. Change directory to source folder
cd /path/to/source/folder

Step 3. Create control files, selecting the attributes of package.
dh_make
Step 4. Finally compile the package.
sudo dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

Step 5. Install all the packages, created by dpkg-buildpackage

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Method 2
Another method is to use checkinstall, which is quite easier.
Some packages may use different build tools, or you may want to build application with qmake, cmake or something else instead of make. Or just wanted to be able to remove package without troubles. Use checkinstall
Step 1. Install required packages.
sudo apt-get install checkinstall
Step 2. There are no harder steps. Build your package first, your build method may differ.
./configure && make
Step 3. At the end, replace the sudo make install command with following.
sudo checkinstall -D make install
Check install will also allow you to create package with custom meta-data, It will also create a deb package which you can keep for later use. Source: http://penguininside.blogspot.com