Debian
Disable IPv6
echo "blacklist ipv6" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf reboot
Enable UTF-8
On debian based systems, you can enable UTF-8 support by running
dpkg-reconfigure locales
Make sure to select the UTF-8 character set that you want to enable.
Recompile deb Package
Make sure a "source" source is defined in /etc/apt/sources.list. Something like this
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free
Then, the basic steps are