diff --git a/debinstall/README.md b/debinstall/README.md
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+  * http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/30303/how-to-create-a-deb-file-manually
+  * http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/30435
diff --git a/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/control b/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/control
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+Package: hello-node
+Version: 1.0-0
+Section: base
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: i386
+Depends:
+Maintainer: AJ ONeal <coolaj86@gmail.com>
+Description: HelloNode! The installable NodeJS System Service
+ Let's you install a nodejs app as a service, just to see how it feels.
diff --git a/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/postinst b/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/postinst
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Start the services!
+
+service hello-node start
diff --git a/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/preinst b/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/preinst
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Installs node if it isn't already installed
+#
+# Don't steamroll over a previously installed node version
+# TODO provide a local version of node?
+
+VER="0.10.4"
+ARCH="x86"
+if [ `arch | grep 64` ]
+then
+  ARCH="x64"
+fi
+
+# TODO test version
+if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/node ]
+then
+  pushd /tmp
+  wget -quiet -c "http://nodejs.org/dist/v${VER}/node-v${VER}-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+  tar xvf node-v${VER}-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz -C /tmp/
+  cp -a /tmp/node-v${VER}-linux-${ARCH}/* /usr/local/
+fi
diff --git a/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/prerm b/debinstall/deb-src/DEBIAN/prerm
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Stop the appserver:
+service hello-node stop
diff --git a/debinstall/deb-src/etc/init/hello-node.conf b/debinstall/deb-src/etc/init/hello-node.conf
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+# Hello Node System Service
+description "Hello Node System Service"
+
+start on filesystem
+stop on runlevel [06]
+
+console output
+respawn
+
+PATH="/opt/hello-node/bin/:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:${PATH}"
+script
+  node /opt/hello-node/bin/server.js
+  #node /usr/local/lib/hello-node/server.js
+  #/opt/hello-node/bin/node /opt/hello-node/bin/server.js
+end script
diff --git a/debinstall/redeb.sh b/debinstall/redeb.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+rm -rf deb-src/opt/hello-node/
+mkdir -p deb-src/opt/
+
+rm -rf deb-dist/
+mkdir -p deb-dist/
+
+rsync -avhP ../HelloNode/ deb-src/opt/hello-node/ --delete
+pushd deb-src/
+tar czf ../deb-dist/data.tar.gz [a-z]*
+pushd DEBIAN
+tar czf ../../deb-dist/control.tar.gz *
+popd
+popd
+
+pushd deb-dist/
+echo 2.0 > ./debian-binary
+ar r ../hellonode-1.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz
+popd
+
+rm -rf deb-src/opt/hello-node/
+rm -rf deb-dist/