Add bare bones Makefile, like the one at arch/aangifte-ib/installer/Makefile. debian package should install in /etc/ad1810-dotfiles (or not conf file?) script update-ad1810-dotfiles(1) should create symlinks from ~/.zshrc to ... ad1810-dotfiles/zsh/rc This: # aptitude install ad1810-dotfiles $ update-ad1810-dotfiles should be enough for _my_ preference How about ~root/.zshrc ? .zsh : based upon cvs/gelfand/nagy/home/joostvb/etc/zsh, still to add: uvt dot-zshrc .muttrc : cvs/gelfand/nagy/home/joostvb/etc/mutt .ssh : cvs/gelfand/nagy/home/joostvb/etc/ssh/config .vimrc : cvs/gelfand/nagy/home/joostvb/etc .bash* .profile .x : cvs/gelfand/nagy/home/joostvb/etc/x for later: .mailfilter for maildrop