https://toorun.dev/tags/debian/Recent content in debian on toorun.devHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/create-deb-package-hello-world/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/create-deb-package-hello-world/Create a Debian (.deb) Package (Hello World) This is a minimal, real example you can use immediately. We will package one shell script into a .deb and install it with dpkg. 1) Create package folder layout mkdir -p hello-deb_1.0.0/{DEBIAN,usr/local/bin} 2) Add the Hello World script Create hello-deb_1.0.0/usr/local/bin/hello-deb: #!/bin/sh echo "Hello from my .deb package" Make it executable: chmod 755 hello-deb_1.0.0/usr/local/bin/hello-deb 3) Add package metadata (control file) Create hello-deb_1.0.0/DEBIAN/control: Package: hello-deb Version: 1.