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+#!/bin/bash
+#Build RainLoop Webmail Debian Package
+PACKAGEVERSION="0";
+
+#Build rainloop
+gulp build;
+cd build/dist/releases/webmail;
+cd $(ls -t);	#Most recent build folder
+
+#Working directory
+mkdir rainloop-deb-build;
+cd rainloop-deb-build;
+
+#Prepare zip file
+unzip ../rainloop-community-latest.zip;
+find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+#Set up package directory
+VERSION=$(cat data/VERSION);
+DIR="rainloop_$VERSION-$PACKAGEVERSION";
+mkdir -m 0755 -p $DIR;
+mkdir -m 0755 -p $DIR/usr;
+mkdir -m 0755 -p $DIR/usr/share;
+mkdir -m 0755 -p $DIR/usr/share/rainloop;
+mkdir -m 0755 -p $DIR/var;
+mkdir -m 0755 -p $DIR/var/lib;
+
+#Move files into package directory
+mv rainloop $DIR/usr/share/rainloop/rainloop;
+mv index.php $DIR/usr/share/rainloop/index.php;
+mv data $DIR/var/lib/rainloop;
+
+#Update settings for Debian package
+sed -i "s/\$sCustomDataPath = '';/\$sCustomDataPath = '\/var\/lib\/rainloop';/" $DIR/usr/share/rainloop/rainloop/v/$VERSION/include.php
+sed -i "s/\$sCustomDataPath = \(.*\) : '';/\$sCustomDataPath = \1 : \$sCustomDataPath;/" $DIR/usr/share/rainloop/rainloop/v/$VERSION/include.php
+
+#Set up Debian packaging tools
+cd $DIR;
+mkdir -m 0755 DEBIAN;
+
+#Create Debian packging control file
+cat >> DEBIAN/control <<-EOF
+	Package: rainloop
+	Version: $VERSION
+	Section: web
+	Priority: optional
+	Architecture: all
+	Depends: php5-fpm (>= 5.4), php5-curl, php5-json
+	Maintainer: Rainloop <support@rainloop.net>
+	Installed-Size: 20330
+	Description: Rainloop Webmail
+	 A modern PHP webmail client.
+EOF
+
+#Create Debian packaging post-install script
+cat >> DEBIAN/postinst <<-EOF
+	#!/bin/sh
+	chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/rainloop
+EOF
+chmod +x DEBIAN/postinst;
+
+#Build Debian package
+cd ..;
+fakeroot dpkg-deb -b $DIR;
+
+#Clean up
+mv $DIR.deb ..;
+cd ..;
+rm -rf rainloop-deb-build;