diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+mininet (2.0.0d1) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Bob Lantz <rlantz@cs.stanford.edu>  Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:19:54 +0000
+
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: mininet
+Section: net
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+Standards-Version: 3.9.3
+Build-Depends:
+  debhelper (>= 7),
+  python-dev,
+  python-pkg-resources,
+  python-setuptools
+
+Package: mininet
+Architecture: any
+Depends:
+  openvswitch-switch,
+  ${misc:Depends},
+  ${python:Depends},
+  ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: Process-based network emulator
+  Mininet is a network emulator which uses lightweight
+  virtualization to create virtual networks for rapid
+  prototyping of Software-Defined Network (SDN) designs
+  using OpenFlow. http://openflow.org/mininet
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=python_distutils --with=python2 
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	make mnexec && cp mnexec bin/
+	dh_auto_build
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (native)