diff --git a/packaging/README.md b/packaging/README.md
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+In this folder the packaging scripts are placed, e.g. the folder debian
+contains the definitions which are used for the Ubuntu PPA Build
+(Work in progress)
+
diff --git a/packaging/debian/.gitignore b/packaging/debian/.gitignore
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+ppa-build
+
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
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+xournalpp (1.0.2-0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release Debian Packaging
+
+ -- Andreas Butti <andreasbutti@gmail.com>  Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:00:00 +0100
+
diff --git a/packaging/debian/test.sh b/packaging/debian/test.sh
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+## Test Ubuntu PPA Build
+##
+## Preparation:
+## sudo apt install git-build-recipe
+
+git-build-recipe --package xournalpp --allow-fallback-to-native xournalpp.recipe ppa-build
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/packaging/debian/xournalpp.recipe b/packaging/debian/xournalpp.recipe
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+# git-build-recipe format 0.3 deb-version master-{date}-{time}
+
+lp:xournalpp
+
+