diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+qgroundcontrol (2.4-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release (Closes: #nnnn)  <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>
+
+ -- Daniel Agar <daniel@agar.ca>  Sat, 04 Apr 2015 17:14:10 -0400
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: qgroundcontrol
+Section: electronics
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Daniel Agar <daniel@agar.ca>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), qt54tools, qt54base, qt54declarative, qt54serialport, qt54svg, qt54webkit, qt54quickcontrols, qt54xmlpatterns, qt54x11extras, qt54websockets, qt54sensors, qt54script, qt54quick1, qt54qbs, qt54multimedia, qt54location, qt54imageformats, qt54graphicaleffects, qt54creator, qt54connectivity, libsdl1.2-dev, libudev-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+Homepage: https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol
+Vcs-Git: git://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol.git
+#Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/qgroundcontrol.git;a=summary
+
+Package: qgroundcontrol
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, qt54tools, qt54base, qt54declarative, qt54serialport, qt54svg, qt54webkit, qt54quickcontrols, qt54xmlpatterns, qt54x11extras, qt54websockets, qt54sensors, qt54script, qt54quick1, qt54multimedia, qt54location, qt54imageformats, qt54graphicaleffects, qt54connectivity
+Description: Open Source Micro Air Vehicle Ground Control Station
+ <insert long description, indented with spaces>
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: qgroundcontrol
+Source: https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: QGroundControl Developers https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/graphs/contributors
+License: GPL-3+
diff --git a/debian/menu b/debian/menu
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+++ b/debian/menu
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+  ?package(qgroundcontrol):needs="x11" \
+      section="Applications/Electronics" \
+      title="QGroundControl" \
+      command="/usr/bin/qgroundcontrol"
diff --git a/debian/qgroundcontrol.install b/debian/qgroundcontrol.install
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+++ b/debian/qgroundcontrol.install
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+qgroundcontrol.desktop usr/share/applications
+release/qgroundcontrol usr/bin
+resources/ usr/share/qgroundcontrol
+resources/icons/qgroundcontrol.png usr/share/pixmaps
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+export QT_SELECT := qt5
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+%:
+	dh $@ 
+
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	/opt/qt54/bin/qmake qgroundcontrol.pro
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/source/options b/debian/source/options
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+++ b/debian/source/options
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+tar-ignore = ".git/*"
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
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+++ b/debian/watch
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+version=3
+https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/tags .*/archive/[a-z](\d\S*)\.tar\.gz
diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.desktop b/qgroundcontrol.desktop
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+++ b/qgroundcontrol.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=qgroundcontrol
+GenericName=Ground Control Station
+Comment=UAS ground control station
+Icon=qgroundcontrol
+Exec=qgroundcontrol
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Utility;
+Keywords=computer;
diff --git a/resources/icons/qgroundcontrol.png b/resources/icons/qgroundcontrol.png
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