diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+mod-authn-linotp (0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * initial debian package.
+
+ -- Andreas Gabriel <gabriel@hrz.uni-marburg.de>  Tue, 06 May 2014 21:56:44 +0200
+
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
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+Source: mod-authn-linotp
+Section: httpd
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Andreas Gabriel <gabriel@hrz.uni-marburg.de>
+Standards-Version: 3.8.0
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0), dpatch, libtool, autoconf, automake, apache2-threaded-dev (>= 2.0.50-10), libcurl4-openssl-dev
+
+Package: libapache2-mod-authn-linotp
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, apache2.2-common (>= 2.2.3-3), libcurl3
+Description: Apache module for authenticating with LinOTP
+ This apache module can be used to authenticate users against LinOTP
+ (http://linotp.org). This auth module only works with basic
+ authentication.  It uses a cookie to cache the authenticated user.
+ The authentication of the first request is done against the LinOTP
+ server.  The consecutive requests are handled by the cookie.
diff --git a/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.dirs b/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.dirs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+usr/lib/apache2/modules
+etc/apache2/mods-available
diff --git a/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.docs b/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.docs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.docs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+README
diff --git a/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.prerm b/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.prerm
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp.prerm
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "$1" = "remove" -o "$1" = "purge" ]; then
+	if [ -e /etc/apache2/apache2.conf -a -x /usr/sbin/a2dismod ]; then
+		/usr/sbin/a2dismod authn_linotp || true
+	fi
+fi
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+#   Copyright 2002-2005   Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org>
+#   Copyright 2008   Joey Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
+#   Copyright 2014   Andreas gabriel <gabriel@hrz.uni-marburg.de>
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program;  if not, write to the Free Software
+#   Foundation Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+
+
+APACHE2=$(CURDIR)/debian/libapache2-mod-authn-linotp
+
+include /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch.make
+
+configure: configure-stamp
+configure-stamp:
+	cat COPYING > debian/copyright 
+	dh_testdir
+	libtoolize
+	aclocal
+	automake -a
+	autoconf
+	./configure
+	touch configure-stamp
+
+clean:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -A
+	test ! -f Makefile || $(MAKE) distclean
+	rm -f config.status config.log config.h debian/copyright
+	rm -f configure-stamp build-stamp Makefile.in aclocal.m4 configure 
+	rm -Rf scripts
+
+build-indep: build
+build-arch: build
+build: build-stamp
+build-stamp: configure
+	dh_testdir
+	$(MAKE)
+	touch build-stamp
+
+install: build
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_installdirs -A
+	cp .libs/mod_authn_linotp.so .
+	install -m 644 mod_authn_linotp.so $(APACHE2)/usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_authn_linotp.so
+	install -m 644 authn_linotp.load $(APACHE2)/etc/apache2/mods-available
+
+binary: binary-arch binary-indep
+binary-indep: install
+binary-arch: install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_installdocs -A
+	dh_installchangelogs -A
+	dh_strip -A
+	dh_compress -A
+	dh_installdeb -A
+	dh_shlibdeps -A
+	dh_gencontrol -A
+	dh_md5sums -A
+	dh_builddeb -A
+
+.PHONY: build build-arch build-indep clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install