diff --git a/build_scripts/Ubuntu/README b/build_scripts/Ubuntu/README
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+Packing building for Ubuntu 32bits and 64bits
+=============================================
+
+Just type 'sudo ./make.sh', and follow the instructions from the script.
+
diff --git a/build_scripts/Ubuntu/make.sh b/build_scripts/Ubuntu/make.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+version="0.4.10b"
+arch="amd64"
+#arch="i386"
+
+echo
+echo Building retroshare debian package version $version for Ubuntu $arch. 
+echo Please check that:
+echo "    "- you have sudo access and that root has right to write in this directory and the subdirectories.
+echo "    "- you have compiled libretroshare and retroshare-gui in ../../libretroshare/src/ 
+echo "                                                        "and ../../retroshare-gui/src/
+echo "    "- you have updated version numbers in ../../retroshare-gui/src/util/rsversion.cpp
+echo "                                      "and ../../retroshare-gui/src/retroshare.nsi
+
+if ! test `whoami` = "root" ; then
+	echo Please run this script as root.
+	echo
+	exit ;
+fi
+
+echo
+echo Press [ENTER] when ok, else quit with Ctrl+C.
+read tmp
+
+tar zxvf retroshare.tgz
+chown -R root.root retroshare 
+
+# setup version numbers and arch in DEBIAN/control
+
+cat retroshare/DEBIAN/control | sed -e s/XXXXXX/"$version"/g | sed -e s/YYYYYY/"$arch"/g > retroshare/DEBIAN/control.tmp
+mv retroshare/DEBIAN/control.tmp retroshare/DEBIAN/control
+
+# clean
+find retroshare -name "*~" -exec \rm -f {} \;
+
+# copy executables at the right place
+if ! test -f ../../retroshare-gui/src/RetroShare; then
+	echo Can not find executable ../../retroshare-gui/src/RetroShare. Please fix this.
+	echo
+	exit ;
+fi
+if ! test -f ../../libretroshare/src/rsiface/retroshare-nogui; then
+	echo Can not find executable ../../libretroshare/src/rsiface/retroshare-nogui. Please fix this.
+	echo
+	exit ;
+fi
+cp ../../retroshare-gui/src/RetroShare              retroshare/usr/bin/
+cp ../../libretroshare/src/rsiface/retroshare-nogui retroshare/usr/bin/
+
+# compute md5 sums
+cd retroshare
+find usr -type f -exec md5sum {} \; > DEBIAN/md5sums
+cd ..
+dpkg-deb -b retroshare RetroShare_"$version"_ubuntu_hardy_"$arch".deb
+
+# cleaning
+\rm -rf retroshare
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