diff --git a/vpp-api/python/debian/changelog b/vpp-api/python/debian/changelog
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+vpp-python-api (16.09-release) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial Release.
+
+ -- Onong Tayeng <otayeng@cisco.com>  Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:19:57 -0700
diff --git a/vpp-api/python/debian/compat b/vpp-api/python/debian/compat
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+9
diff --git a/vpp-api/python/debian/control b/vpp-api/python/debian/control
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+Source: vpp-python-api
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Onong Tayeng <otayeng@cisco.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9)
+Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+Homepage: https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP/Python_API
+#Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/vpp-python-api.git
+#Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/vpp-python-api.git
+
+Package: vpp-python-api
+Architecture: any
+Pre-Depends: vpp-lib
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: VPP Python API bindings
+ VPP Python API bindings. For details please visit : https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP/Python_API
diff --git a/vpp-api/python/debian/copyright b/vpp-api/python/debian/copyright
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+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: vpp-python-api
+Source: <url://example.com>
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: <years> <put author's name and email here>
+           <years> <likewise for another author>
+License: Apache-2.0
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2016 Onong Tayeng <otayeng@cisco.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
+
+License: Apache-2.0
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+ https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache version 2.0 license
+ can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0".
+
+# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
+# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
+# Please avoid picking licenses with terms that are more restrictive than the
+# packaged work, as it may make Debian's contributions unacceptable upstream.
diff --git a/vpp-api/python/debian/rules b/vpp-api/python/debian/rules
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+++ b/vpp-api/python/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# See debhelper(7) (uncomment to enable)
+# output every command that modifies files on the build system.
+#export DH_VERBOSE = 1
+
+
+# see FEATURE AREAS in dpkg-buildflags(1)
+#export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+
+# see ENVIRONMENT in dpkg-buildflags(1)
+# package maintainers to append CFLAGS
+#export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
+# package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
+#export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+
+
+%:
+	dh $@ 
+
+
+# dh_make generated override targets
+# This is example for Cmake (See https://bugs.debian.org/641051 )
+#override_dh_auto_configure:
+#	dh_auto_configure -- #	-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+
diff --git a/vpp-api/python/debian/source/format b/vpp-api/python/debian/source/format
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+++ b/vpp-api/python/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (native)