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    Having a simple debian package out of a Python script

Create a directory to store the debian folder
$ mkdir -p test_folder/DEBIAN

Create a control file inside debian folder
$ nano test_folder/DEBIAN/control

# Add the following information to the file
Package: Test-Python
Version: 1.0
Section: custom
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Essential: no
Installed-Size: 1024
Maintainer: something@email.com
Description: Creates a debian package out of a simple python file

Create a directory tree which represents the path where our program will be installed in the system,
and copy the executable into it
$ mkdir -p test_folder/opt/random/folder
$ cp test.py test

Then run the command
dpkg-deb --build test_folder

Following dh-python tutorial

You may need to set up
export DEBEMAIL="your.email.address@example.org"
export DEBFULLNAME="Firstname Lastname"

Use the important command to build the debian package after setting up the package folders
$ dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us