bench/installers/deb_package_build/readme.md

To prepare your environment for building .deb package install instruments:
sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts debhelper

Important: to build .deb package archive name must be in the format $(name)_$(version).orig.tar.gz
and directory within it must be named as $(name)_$(version)

This build uses dh-virtualenv. For installation please follow the [tutorial] (http://dh-virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/0.10/tutorial.html)

To build debian package from scratch:

1. make working directory (basically with any name) near archive bench_0.92.orig.tar.gz:
   mkdir build_dir
   
2. copy debian directory in there:
   cp -r debian/ build_dir/
   
3. change directory:
   cd build_dir/
   
4. run package build:
   debuild -us -uc
   
5. package is: ../bench_0.92_amd64.deb
   
   If you don't have gdebi installed, first you need to run:
   sudo apt-get install gdebi
   To install resulting package with all it's dependencies:
   sudo gdebi ../bench_0.92_amd64.deb
   Please note that name of package contains your architecture so for 32-bit machines name will differ.
   
   Current state: runs without problems on all Ubuntu versions installing bench in /usr/share/python/bench/bin/bench. Fails on Debian 8 with version format conflict.

Useful links: Introduction to Debian Packaging