diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+xapp (1.0.2-1~) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial version
+
+ -- Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:05:30 +0100
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: xapp
+Section: x11
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Debian Cinnamon Team <pkg-cinnamon-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Uploaders:
+ Maximiliano Curia <maxy@debian.org>,
+ Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>,
+Build-Depends:
+ debhelper (>= 9),
+ dh-autoreconf,
+ dh-exec,
+ dh-python,
+ dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.1),
+ gnome-doc-utils (>= 0.3.2),
+ gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.10),
+ gobject-introspection (>= 0.10.2-1~),
+ gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.4),
+ intltool (>= 0.40.6),
+ libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (>= 2.22.0),
+ libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 0.10.2-1~),
+ libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.37.3),
+ libgnomekbd-dev,
+ libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.3.16),
+ libx11-dev,
+ python,
+ yelp-tools,
+Standards-Version: 3.9.8
+Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
+Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-cinnamon/nemo.git
+Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-cinnamon/nemo.git
+
+Package: xapps-common
+Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: foreign
+Depends:
+ gist,
+ inxi,
+ python,
+ python-gi,
+ xdg-utils,
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ ${python:Depends},
+Description: Common files for XApp desktop apps
+ This package includes files that are shared between several XApp
+ apps (i18n files and configuration schemas).
+
+Package: libxapp1
+Section: libs
+Architecture: any
+Multi-Arch: same
+Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
+Depends:
+ libgnomekbd8,
+ xapps-common (>= ${source:Version}),
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ ${shlibs:Depends},
+Description: XApp library for loading .desktop files
+ This library is used by XApp to load the .desktop files.
+
+Package: libxapp-dev
+Section: libdevel
+Architecture: any
+Depends:
+ gir1.2-xapp-1.0 (= ${binary:Version}),
+ libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.3.16),
+ libxapp1 (= ${binary:Version}),
+ ${misc:Depends},
+Description: XApp library - development files
+ This package provides the include files and static library for the XApp
+ library functions.
+
+Package: gir1.2-xapp-1.0
+Section: introspection
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${gir:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: Introspection data for XApp
+ This package contains the introspection data for XApp.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+++ b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: xapps
+Source: https://github.com/linuxmint/xapps
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2016, Linux Mint
+License: LGPL-2+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Library General
+ Public License can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2".
diff --git a/debian/gir1.2-xapp-1.0.install.in b/debian/gir1.2-xapp-1.0.install.in
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+++ b/debian/gir1.2-xapp-1.0.install.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DEB_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR/girepository-1.0/XApp-1.0.typelib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/libxapp-dev.install b/debian/libxapp-dev.install
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libxapp-dev.install
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+usr/include/xapp/libxapp
+usr/lib/*/libxapp.so
+usr/lib/*/pkgconfig/xapp.pc
+usr/share/gir-1.0/XApp-1.0.gir
diff --git a/debian/libxapp1.install b/debian/libxapp1.install
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libxapp1.install
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/lib/*/libxapp.so.1
+usr/lib/*/libxapp.so.1.*
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+
+DEB_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(shell pkg-config gobject-introspection-1.0 --variable libdir | sed -e 's/.//')
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --parallel --with=autoreconf,gir,gnome,python2
+
+override_dh_gnome_clean:
+	dh_gnome_clean --no-control
+
+override_dh_install:
+	sed 's@DEB_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR@${DEB_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR}@' debian/gir1.2-xapp-1.0.install.in > debian/gir1.2-xapp-1.0.install
+	dh_install --list-missing
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
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+++ b/debian/watch
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+version=3
+opts="dversionmangle=s/\+repack//;s/\+dfsg//;s/\+up[0-9]//,filenamemangle=s/.*\/(.*)/xapp-$1/" \
+  https://github.com/linuxmint/xapps/tags .*/v?(\d.*)\.(?:tgz|tar\.(?:gz|bz2|xz))
diff --git a/debian/xapps-common.install b/debian/xapps-common.install
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/xapps-common.install
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/dh-exec
+
+usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+usr/share/locale
+usr/bin/
+usr/share/icons
+