is there a set of "creating ubuntu packages" guidelines?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
>  some colleagues want to take what has been a zip file all this time
> and turn it into a proper ubuntu .deb package.  are there guidelines
> for how one does that *properly*?  as in, best practices?  thanks.
>
>  i may have more specific questions shortly.
>

hello robert,

you can have a look at the ubuntu packaging guide for a head start

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete

regards

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