diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+kiwix-tools (0.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Kunal Mehta <legoktm@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:21:11 -0700
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: kiwix-tools
+Section: utils
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Kiwix team <kiwix@kiwix.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+               libkiwix-dev (>= 9.3.0~),
+               libmicrohttpd-dev,
+               meson,
+               pkg-config,
+               zlib1g-dev
+Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+Homepage: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-tools
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+
+Package: kiwix-tools
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: collection of Kiwix tools
+ kiwix-tools is a collection of various command-line tools used to help
+ users interact with and manage ZIM files. It includes:
+  * kiwix-serve is a standalone HTTP server for serving ZIM files
+    over the network.
+  * kiwix-manage allows one to manage the content of the Kiwix library (an
+    XML file listing available ZIM files).
+  * kiwix-read allows for reading ZIM files from the command-line.
+  * kiwix-search allows one to find articles in a ZIM file using fulltext
+    search patterns.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+See COPYING in the repository root.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+
+%:
+	dh $@
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (native)