Building a Simple Debian Package and Hosting a Local APT Repository

This article describes a simple way to create a homemade Debian package and include it in a local package repository. Although we could use an existing Debian/Ubuntu package, we will start from scratch by creating our own minimalistic unofficial Debian package. Once our package is ready, we will include it in our local package repository. This article illustrates a very simplistic approach to creating a Debian package; however, it may serve as a template in many different scenarios.