Make package folder and subfolders like DEBIAN usr/local/bin usr/local/share ... Make DEBIAN/conrol file Make usr/share/icons/someicon folder Make icon inside usr/share/icons/someicon folder Make usr/share/applications/your-application.desktop file Place your script into usr/local/bin/ #### replace package-folder using correct folder name Open terminal inside package-folder find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum | tee md5sums Calculate size du Open Pluma and remove ./ in the front of md5sums and copy the correct md5sums to DEBIAN/md5sums file Run outside package folder sudo chown root:root -R package-folder find package-folder -type d -print0 | sudo xargs -0 chmod 0755 sudo dpkg -b package-folder package-folder.deb