Debian packages for CGAL 4.1 are now available as well. Simply add deb ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/outgoing/CGAL/debian squeeze main deb-src ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/outgoing/CGAL/debian squeeze main deb ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/outgoing/CGAL/debian wheezy main deb-src ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/outgoing/CGAL/debian wheezy main to /etc/apt/sources list (you only need the pair of lines corresponding to the release you are using). For sid, packages should be available from the official Debian repository in a few days. The packages are called libcgal10, libcgal-dev, libcgal-qt4-10. libcgal-qt4-dev, libcgal-demo, and libcgal-ipelets. In case you want to download the packages manually, have a look at ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/outgoing/CGAL/debian/pool/main/c/cgal/ See also https://www.cgal.org/FAQ.html#debian_packages .