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Dell provide a Ubuntu deb that can be modified for other distros.
Arch also has it in the AUR
You just extract the package and install it manually... It isn't a complex deb at all. The hardest part is ensuring you have the libfprint-tod package.
If you follow the fedora guide and alter it for your distro it should work as the guide is mainly about compiling.
Also the deb should install on other derivatives as it isn't Ubuntu specific. YMMV.