I tried the [instructions for building Debian packages](https://github.com/texmacs/guile#step-by-step-guide-to-make-a-debian-package-for-gnu-guile-188-by-yourself) in Ubuntu 20.04 and had to modify them in order to build the packages. Step 1: It is also necessary to install `debhelper` Step 2: Cloning the repo from the given address did not work. What worked is `https://github.com/texmacs/guile.git`