About location for .mod files: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=714730 proposed changes for packages providing gfortran libraries: http://paste.debian.net/300066/ http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-science/packages/dh-fortran-mod.git/tree/ Location of gfortran mod files (from the debichem bof): maybe /usr/include/gfortran- mod-10 , /usr/include/gfortran-mod-14 ? sample package: https://packages.qa.debian.org/libx/libxc.html http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-science/packages/dh-fortran-mod.git