diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+openwebrx (0.18) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- Jakob Ketterl <jakob.ketterl@gmx.de>  Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:35:48 +0000
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+++ b/debian/compat
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+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: openwebrx
+Maintainer: Jakob Ketterl <jakob.ketterl@gmx.de>
+Section: hamradio
+Priority: optional
+Standards-Version: 4.2.0
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), dh-python, python3 (>= 3.6)
+
+Package: openwebrx
+Architecture: all
+Depends: python3 (>= 3.6), csdr (>= 0.15), netcat,
+Description: multi-user web sdr
+ Open source, multi-user SDR receiver with a web interface
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diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+export PYBUILD_NAME=openwebrx
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (native)
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diff --git a/owrx/version.py b/owrx/version.py
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--- a/owrx/version.py
+++ b/owrx/version.py
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-openwebrx_version = "v0.18"
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+
+_versionstring = "0.18.0"
+strictversion = StrictVersion(_versionstring)
+openwebrx_version = "v{0}".format(strictversion)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from owrx.version import strictversion
+
+setup(
+    name="OpenWebRX",
+    version=str(strictversion),
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["openwebrx=openwebrx:main"]},
+    # use the github page for now
+    url="https://github.com/jketterl/openwebrx",
+    author="András Retzler, Jakob Ketterl",
+    author_email="randras@sdr.hu, jakob.ketterl@gmx.de",
+    maintainer="Jakob Ketterl",
+    maintainer_email="jakob.ketterl@gmx.de",
+    license="GAGPL",
+)