diff --git a/lalapps/debian/changelog b/lalapps/debian/changelog
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+++ b/lalapps/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+lalapps (5.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald@aei.mpg.de>  Fri,  5 Oct 2007 13:11:00 +0200
+
diff --git a/lalapps/debian/compat b/lalapps/debian/compat
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+++ b/lalapps/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5
diff --git a/lalapps/debian/control b/lalapps/debian/control
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c83e2b446a04da8c91d869f0a7b31584c46eea0
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+++ b/lalapps/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Source: lalapps
+Section: base
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald@aei.mpg.de>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), autotools-dev, lal-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.7.2
+
+Package: lalapps
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: LSC Algorithm Library Applications
+ The LSC Algorithm Library Applications for gravitational wave data analysis.
+ This package contains applications that are built on tools in the
+ LSC Algorithm Library.
diff --git a/lalapps/debian/copyright b/lalapps/debian/copyright
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c447b39d02a1998530734acd53ec0c6c17742704
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+++ b/lalapps/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+This package was debianized by Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald@aei.mpg.de> on
+Fri,  5 Oct 2007 13:11:00 +0200.
+
+It was checked out from the LSCSOFT CVS.
+Official releases can be downloaded from http://lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/software
+
+Upstream Authors: LIGO Scientific Collaboration
+
+Copyright: 
+
+License:
+
+
+
+The Debian packaging is (C) 2007, Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald@aei.mpg.de>.
diff --git a/lalapps/debian/docs b/lalapps/debian/docs
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50bd824bb7bc7edba72e31d1f7a6ef7932846902
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+++ b/lalapps/debian/docs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+NEWS
+README
diff --git a/lalapps/debian/rules b/lalapps/debian/rules
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265ecc6698052d6032016ed367136a14cd8eb5b8
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+++ b/lalapps/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
+# This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
+# As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
+# dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
+# This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+
+# These are used for cross-compiling and for saving the configure script
+# from having to guess our platform (since we know it already)
+DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE   ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
+
+PREFIX = /usr
+
+CFLAGS = -Wall -g
+
+ifneq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+	CFLAGS += -O0
+else
+	CFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+
+configure:
+	sh ./00boot
+
+config.status: configure
+	dh_testdir
+	# Add here commands to configure the package.
+#LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"
+	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" \
+	./configure --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) \
+	    --prefix=$(PREFIX) --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info \
+	    --enable-nightly=no --disable-debug
+
+build: build-stamp
+
+build-stamp:  config.status
+	dh_testdir
+
+	# Add here commands to compile the package.
+	$(MAKE)
+	#docbook-to-man debian/lalapps.sgml > lalapps.1
+
+	touch $@
+
+clean:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	rm -f build-stamp 
+
+	# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
+	-$(MAKE) distclean
+ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" ""
+	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
+endif
+ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)" ""
+	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
+endif
+
+
+	dh_clean 
+
+install: build
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -k 
+	dh_installdirs
+
+	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/lalapps.
+	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/lalapps install
+
+
+# Build architecture-independent files here.
+binary-indep: build install
+# We have nothing to do by default.
+
+# Build architecture-dependent files here.
+binary-arch: build install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_installchangelogs ChangeLog
+	dh_installdocs
+	dh_installexamples
+#	dh_install
+#	dh_installmenu
+#	dh_installdebconf	
+#	dh_installlogrotate
+#	dh_installemacsen
+#	dh_installpam
+#	dh_installmime
+#	dh_python
+#	dh_installinit
+#	dh_installcron
+#	dh_installinfo
+	dh_installman
+	dh_link
+	dh_strip
+	dh_compress
+	dh_fixperms
+#	dh_perl
+	dh_makeshlibs
+	dh_installdeb
+	dh_shlibdeps
+	dh_gencontrol
+	dh_md5sums
+	dh_builddeb
+
+binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install