A mere 8 months after you started this thread, I eventually noticed it.
I also have attempted to construct a script to make it easier to install Geeqie on Debian systems.
The script is geeqie-install-debian.sh, and the latest version can be extracted from the repository at: http://geeqie.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=geeqie.git
I have included all the dependencies that I believe are required , plus the option to compile in extra pixbuf loaders.
Criticisms of any kind are welcome…