The following is a quick guide on installing PonyProg2000 (EEPROM programmer software) on Ubuntu
1) cd to the tmp folder
cd /tmp
2) Download the PonyProg package
sudo wget http://ponyprog.sourceforge.net/phorum/ ... ?2,file=26 ponyProg2000.tar.gz
3) apt-get required dependancies
sudo apt-get install dpatch libxt-dev libxaw7-dev debhelper build-essential
4) Untar the ponyprog package
tar -xf ponyProg2000.tar.gz
5) cd to the ponyprog2000 directory
cd ponyProg2000/
6) Build the package source
sudo dpkg-source -x ponyprog2000_2.07c-2.dsc
7) cd to the ponyprog package source
cd ponyprog2000-2.07c/
8) Test and compile the ponyprog package
sudo dpkg-buildpackage -tc
9) Install the ponyprog package
sudo dpkg -i ../ponyprog2000*.deb
The PonyProg2000 software will be available in Applications/Programming menu
(Notes : Updated Dependancy Information for Linux Mint Distros)