Added debian folder; .deb build steps in README

.gitignore

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 # subrepositories, downloaded pills
 /arvo/
-/debian/
 *.pill
 # autoconf
 /.MAKEFILE-VERSION

README.md

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 The `vere` binary is produced in `bin/urbit`.
 
+## Building the Debian Package
+
+To build a .deb file for installation on Debian platforms, perform the
+following steps:
++ Run `sudo apt install devscripts` to install the `debuild` utility.
++ Update the `debian/changelog` to reflect the changes in this release.
++ If necessary, update the year of the copyright in `debian/copyright`.
++ Clean any build artifacts: Run `make clean` and delete the `bin` directory,
+if it exists.
++ Run `tar -xcvf ../urbit-x.y.z.orig.tar.gz .` from the top-level folder in
+the repo.  This command will create an archive in the directory above the
+current directory, which will be used in packaging.
++ Run `debuild -us -uc`, also from the top-level folder in the repo. This
+creates a .deb file in the folder above the current directory.
+
+The resulting .deb file should now exist in the folder above the current
+directory. To test that the .deb file works properly, you can perform the
+following steps:
++ Uninstall urbit: `sudo apt remove urbit`.
++ Run `sudo dpkg -i ../urbit-x.y.z_amd64.deb` to install the new version.
++ Boot up a ship using the `urbit` command.
+
 ## Contact
 
 If you have any questions, problems, patches, or proposals for patches, please

debian/changelog

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+urbit (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * hoon %143; new boot sequence; %jael support
+
+ -- Ted Blackman <ted@tlon.io>  Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:11:53 -0700

debian/compat

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+10

debian/control

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+Source: urbit
+Section: net
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Ted Blackman <ted@tlon.io>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libgmp3-dev, libsigsegv-dev, openssl, libssl-dev, automake, autoconf, libtool, g++, ragel, cmake, re2c, libcurl4-gnutls-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+Homepage: http://urbit.org
+
+Package: urbit
+Architecture: any
+Depends: libgmp3-dev, libsigsegv-dev, openssl, libcurl4-gnutls-dev
+Description: An operating function

debian/copyright

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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: urbit
+Source: <http://urbit.org>
+
+Files: *
+License: MIT
+ The MIT License (MIT)
+ .
+ Copyright (c) 2017 Urbit
+ .
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ .
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ .
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ SOFTWARE.

debian/debhelper-build-stamp

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+urbit

debian/docs

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+LICENSE.txt
+README.md

debian/install

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+bin/urbit usr/bin

debian/rules

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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_install:

debian/source/format

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+3.0 (quilt)