diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
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+simple-apt-update for Debian
+---------------------------
+
+This is the Debian packaging for simple-apt-update
+
+ -- Tilman Kranz <t.kranz@tk-sls.de>  Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:44:23 +0200
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+simple-apt-update (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Tilman Kranz <t.kranz@tk-sls.de>  Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:44:23 +0200
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: simple-apt-update
+Section: admin
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Tilman Kranz <t.kranz@tk-sls.de>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
+Homepage: https://tk-sls.de/gitlab/tilman/simple-apt-update
+Vcs-Browser: https://tk-sls.de/gitlab/tilman/simple-apt-update
+Vcs-Git: https://tk-sls.de/gitlab/tilman/simple-apt-update.git
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+
+Package: simple-apt-update
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3-gi
+Description: Simple GUI for basic tasks with APT
+  A simple GUI wrapper for "apt-get update", "apt list --upgradeable" and "apt-get full-upgrade".
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: simple-apt-update
+Upstream-Contact: <preferred name and address to reach the upstream project>
+Source: <url://example.com>
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: <years> <put author's name and email here>
+           <years> <likewise for another author>
+License: GPL-3.0+
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2023 tilman <t.kranz@tk-sls.de>
+License: GPL-3.0+
+
+License: GPL-3.0+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+ Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".
+
+# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
+# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
+# Please avoid picking licenses with terms that are more restrictive than the
+# packaged work, as it may make Debian's contributions unacceptable upstream.
+#
+# If you need, there are some extra license texts available in two places:
+#   /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/licenses/
+#   /usr/share/common-licenses/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+#export DH_VERBOSE = 1
+
+%:
+	dh $@
+
diff --git a/debian/simple-apt-update-docs.docs b/debian/simple-apt-update-docs.docs
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+README.Debian
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)