Extract the source file to some location and execute the following:
gcc start-stop-daemon.c -o start-stop-daemon
sudo mv start-stop-daemon /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon
The source code was extracted from: http://www.hpcf.upr.edu/web/sites/default/files/start-stop-daemon.c
A rewrite of the original Debian's start-stop-daemon Perl script
in C (faster - it is executed many times during system startup).
Written by Marek Michalkiewicz <[email protected]>,
public domain. Based conceptually on start-stop-daemon.pl, by Ian
Jackson <[email protected]>. May be used and distributed
freely for any purpose. Changes by Christian Schwarz
<[email protected]>, to make output conform to the Debian
Console Message Standard, also placed in public domain. Minor
changes by Klee Dienes <[email protected]>, also placed in the Public
Domain.
Changes by Ben Collins <[email protected]>, added --chuid, --background
and --make-pidfile options, placed in public domain aswell.
Port to OpenBSD by Sontri Tomo Huynh <[email protected]>
and Andreas Schuldei <[email protected]>
Changes by Ian Jackson: added --retry (and associated rearrangements).
Modified for Gentoo rc-scripts by Donny Davies <[email protected]>:
I removed the BSD/Hurd/OtherOS stuff, added #include <stddef.h>
and stuck in a #define VERSION "1.9.18". Now it compiles without
the whole automake/config.h dance.