diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+simox (0.1-0ppa0) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial upload!
+
+ -- Valerij Wittenbeck <valerij.wittenbeck@student.kit.edu>  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:33:45 +0100
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: simox
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Nikolaus Vahrenkamp <vahrenkamp@kit.edu>
+Build-Depends: cmake (>= 2.6), build-essential, libboost-all-dev (>= 1.42), libqt4-dev (>= 4.6), libsoqt4-dev, libeigen3-dev
+Homepage: http://simox.sourceforge.net/
+
+Package: simox
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libboost-system1.46.1, libboost-filesystem1.46.1, libboost-test1.46.1, libboost-program-options1.46.1, libboost-thread1.46.1, libqt4-core, libsoqt4-20
+Description: Simox package
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+####################################################################
+#                            simox                                 #
+####################################################################
+
+Copyright (C) 2014 Nikolaus Vahrenkamp
+
+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 program 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+BUILDDIR = build_dir
+
+# secondly called by launchpad
+build:
+	mkdir $(BUILDDIR);
+	cd $(BUILDDIR); cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../debian/tmp/usr ..
+	make -C $(BUILDDIR)
+
+# thirdly called by launchpad
+binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+
+binary-indep:
+	# nothing to be done
+
+binary-arch:
+	cd $(BUILDDIR); cmake -P cmake_install.cmake
+	mkdir debian/tmp/DEBIAN
+	dpkg-gencontrol -psimox
+	dpkg --build debian/tmp ..
+
+# firstly called by launchpad
+clean:
+	rm -f build
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
+
+.PHONY: binary binary-arch binary-indep clean