diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad1b81a..cf21867 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-build/
-dist/
-testenv/
-irclogtools.egg-info/
 __pycache__
+/python/build/
+/python/dist/
+/python/testenv/
+/python/irclogtools.egg-info/
+/tmp/
+/debian/irclogtools
+/ilogarchive
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b37353..7a209c1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ clean:
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: ilogarchive
-	cp ilogarchive $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/bin/ilogarchive
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/local/bin/
+	install -D --mode 0555 ilogarchive $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d7a2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a412777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+irclogtools (1.0.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Dave Pedu <dave@davepedu.com>  Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:30:04 -0800
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec63514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eea72ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Source: irclogtools
+Section: unknown
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: dave <dave@unknown>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9)
+Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+Homepage: http://gitlab.davepedu.com/dave/logcollector
+
+Package: irclogtools
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Command-line IRC log management tools
+ In both python in golang flavors.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73dcd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: irclogtools
+Source: <url://example.com>
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: <years> <put author's name and email here>
+           <years> <likewise for another author>
+License: <special license>
+ <Put the license of the package here indented by 1 space>
+ <This follows the format of Description: lines in control file>
+ .
+ <Including paragraphs>
+
+# If you want to use GPL v2 or later for the /debian/* files use 
+# the following clauses, or change it to suit. Delete these two lines
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2017 dave <dave@unknown>
+License: GPL-2+
+ This package 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 2 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 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
+
+# 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.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cf00fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# See debhelper(7) (uncomment to enable)
+# output every command that modifies files on the build system.
+export DH_VERBOSE = 1
+
+
+# see FEATURE AREAS in dpkg-buildflags(1)
+#export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+
+# see ENVIRONMENT in dpkg-buildflags(1)
+# package maintainers to append CFLAGS
+#export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
+# package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
+#export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+
+
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+
+# dh_make generated override targets
+# This is example for Cmake (See https://bugs.debian.org/641051 )
+#override_dh_auto_configure:
+#	dh_auto_configure -- #	-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+
+
+override_dh_usrlocal:
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/tmp/.gitignore b/tmp/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29