how to create a deb file

[lordmmx]

i been searching the internet on creating a installable deb package. i want to install firefox esr and a few other programs easily.

[teejay]

The Debian wiki has articles, but since wattOS is based on Ubuntu, try this :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/130894/how-to-build-a-debian-ubuntu-package-from-source 
or perhaps : http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html

Mint is also based on Ubuntu; this forum post is old but comments from this year suggests it works : http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/162

And if you want a superficial overview : http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com.au/2009/11/how-to-create-deb-package-from-source.html