Creating a Singular Debian package

To create a Singular Debian package proceed as follows. This instruction was tested with version 4.0.0. Replace this in the following by the current version string. We assume that you followed the [instructions to compile Singular](Installation from GitHub on Debian).

1. Install the necessary packages:

   • sudo apt-get install devscripts
   • sudo apt-get install dist

2. Create the source tar-file, name properly and unpack:

   • cd $HOME/git/Singular4/Sources
   • make dist
   • mv singular-4.0.0.tar.gz singular_4.0.0.orig.tar.gz
   • tar xzvf singular_4.0.0.orig.tar.gz

3. Build the package:

   • cd singular-4.0.0
   • debuild -us -uc