How to run ---------- Before create the package you must define the version. Use your preferred file editor and open the files DEBIAN/control and DEBIAN/prerm,please replace __VERSION__ by the version number and replace __PACKAGE_NAME__ by the package name that you want. Assuming that you replaced __VERSION__ for 5.4.6 here we go the procedure. Checkout: https://svn.erp5.org/repos/public/spec/debian-erp5-appliance For example: svn co https://svn.erp5.org/repos/public/spec/debian-erp5-appliance ~/debian-erp5-appliance Run make inside: mkdir -p /opt/erp5/5.4.6 sudo chown `whoami` /opt/erp5/5.4.6 mv ~/debian-erp5-appliance/opt/erp5/5.4.6/* /opt/erp5/5.4.6/ cd /opt/erp5/5.4.6/ sudo helpers/debian.lenny.sh make mv /opt/erp5/5.4.6/* ~/debian-erp5-appliance/opt/erp5/5.4.6/ cd ~/ sudo dpkg-deb -b debian-erp5-appliance . sudo dpkg -i erp5_5.4.6_amd64.deb It will install required software and configure it on /opt5/erp5/5.4.6. Hints --------- You can remove all the .svn folders and .pyc files to make your package more clean. To remove .svn folders: find ~/debian-erp5-appliance -type d -name .svn -delete To remove .pyc files: find ~/debian-erp5-appliance -name "*.pyc" -delete