steps i use to compile and install the latest wacom drivers on my Mint & Ubuntu installations:
(Note 1: for a 64 bit build add "64" to "lib" on the autogen.sh line.)
(Note 2: not all steps necessary, i forgot what isn't... if apt-get results with "not found" proceed to next step!)
(Note 3: each following line is a step meant to be run in the terminal, until "then reboot!" which is not a terminal step!) =P
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev
sudo apt-get install xutils-dev
sudo apt-get install libxi-dev
sudo apt-get install libxrandr-dev
sudo apt-get install libxext-dev
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev