diff --git a/packaging_scripts/build_debian_locally_on_ubuntu.sh b/packaging_scripts/build_debian_locally_on_ubuntu.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4cebfaa8b70bfe916688580efe08bf50f5b9d025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging_scripts/build_debian_locally_on_ubuntu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+(
+ cd ..
+ debuild -uc -us | tee $0.log
+)
diff --git a/packaging_scripts/build_debian_using_bzr.sh b/packaging_scripts/build_debian_using_bzr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fecfe77292219d9d17c2da00ccfb9918774adc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging_scripts/build_debian_using_bzr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# This script is for launchpad.
+(
+set -e
+set -o xtrace
+cd ..
+cat > moose.recipe <<EOF
+# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version {debupstream}+{revno}
+lp:moose
+EOF
+# one can do nesting here.
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+ if [[ "$1" == "update" ]]; then
+ echo "Fetching repo and creating tar-ball"
+ bzr dailydeb --allow-fallback-to-native moose.recipe .. | tee $0.log
+ elif [[ "$1" == "pbuilder" ]]; then
+ bzr dailydeb --allow-fallback-to-native moose.recipe .. | tee $0.log
+ sudo -E pbuilder build ../*.dsc | tee $0.log
+ exit
+ fi
+fi
+
+tarFile=`find .. -type f -maxdepth 1 -name "moose_3.0*.tar.gz"`
+echo "Found tarfiles are $tarFile"
+if [[ ! $tarFile ]]; then
+ echo "I could not file a tar.gz file. Can't continue"
+ echo "++ Cleaning previous mess"
+ rm -rf ../moose_3.0* ../moose-{*
+ echo "++ Let me download a fresh one"
+ bzr dailydeb --allow-fallback-to-native moose.recipe .. | tee $0.log
+fi
+
+rm -f moose.recipe
+echo "Building debian package"
+bzr builddeb -- -uc -us | tee $0.log
+)
diff --git a/packaging_scripts/build_pypi.sh b/packaging_scripts/build_pypi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9071bfefe14835f165cfe5d9eb6b6e9ea21782cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging_scripts/build_pypi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+# This creates a package for pip. For testing purpose
+moose_dir=moose-3.0
+(
+ cd ..
+ svn export --force . scripts/$moose_dir
+)
+(
+ cp setup.py $moose_dir/
+ cd $moose_dir
+ echo "Creating new archive"
+ if [ -f dist/$moose_dir.tar.gz ]; then
+ rm -f dist/*.tar.gz
+ fi
+ python setup.py sdist -vv | tee $0.log
+ echo "Created new archive"
+ sudo pip install dist/*.tar.gz --no-clean | tee $0.log
+ echo "Do the rest in $moose_dir"
+)
diff --git a/packaging_scripts/cmake_sanity_check.py b/packaging_scripts/cmake_sanity_check.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e39e6d8ae18c19932b043fa02a78175ce7a80f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging_scripts/cmake_sanity_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""cmake_sanity_check.py: Check if Cmake files are ok.
+
+Last modified: Sat Jan 18, 2014 05:01PM
+
+"""
+
+__author__ = "Dilawar Singh"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2013, Dilawar Singh and NCBS Bangalore"
+__credits__ = ["NCBS Bangalore"]
+__license__ = "GNU GPL"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__maintainer__ = "Dilawar Singh"
+__email__ = "dilawars@ncbs.res.in"
+__status__ = "Development"
+
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+makefiles = {}
+cmakefiles = {}
+makedirs = set()
+cmakedirs = set()
+
+def check(d):
+ searchMakefiles(d)
+ checkMissingCMake()
+ checkSrcs()
+
+def checkMissingCMake():
+ if (makedirs - cmakedirs):
+ print("[Failed] Test 1")
+ print("Following directories have Makefile but not a CMakeFiles.txt file.")
+ print("%s" % "\t\n".join(makedirs - cmakedirs))
+
+def searchMakefiles(d):
+ for d, subd, fs in os.walk(d):
+ if "CMakeLists.txt" in fs:
+ cmakedirs.add(d)
+ cmakefiles[d] = fs
+ if "Makefile" in fs:
+ makedirs.add(d)
+ makefiles[d] = fs
+ else: pass
+
+def checkSrcs():
+ objPat = re.compile(r"\w+\.o")
+ srcPat = re.compile(r"\w+\.cpp")
+ srcs = []
+ csrcs = []
+ for d in makefiles:
+ with open(os.path.join(d, "Makefile"), "r") as f:
+ txt = f.read()
+ srcs = objPat.findall(txt)
+ try:
+ with open(os.path.join(d, "CMakeLists.txt"), "r") as f:
+ txt = f.read()
+ csrcs = srcPat.findall(txt)
+ except:
+ print("Dir {} does not have CMakeLists.txt".format(d))
+ csrcs = []
+ #print("[TEST 2] Checking if CMake is creating extra objects")
+ for csr in csrcs:
+ objName = csr.replace(".cpp", ".o")
+ if objName in srcs:
+ pass
+ else:
+ #print(" Failed: In dir {}, CMake is creating extra object {}".format(d, objName))
+
+ pass
+ print("[TEST 3] Checking if CMake is missing some objects")
+ for obj in srcs:
+ srcName = obj.replace(".o", ".cpp")
+ if srcName in csrcs: pass
+ else:
+ print(" Failed: In dir {}, CMake is missing object {}".format(d,
+ srcName))
+
+def main():
+ dir = sys.argv[1]
+ check(dir)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()
diff --git a/packaging_scripts/moosegui b/packaging_scripts/moosegui
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4d8e95bd443965601c588a356f8a6d688db3ca07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging_scripts/moosegui
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+( cd /usr/share/moose/gui && python mgui.py )
diff --git a/packaging_scripts/packages_local_using_cmake.sh b/packaging_scripts/packages_local_using_cmake.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3504983ad78ee515eaf2a0e1158d0c7fd84c795a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging_scripts/packages_local_using_cmake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -x
+(
+cd ..
+mkdir -p _build
+cd _build
+cmake ..
+make | tee $0.log
+cpack -G DEB
+sudo dpkg -i moose*.deb
+moosegui
+)
diff --git a/packaging_scripts/pbuilder_debian.sh b/packaging_scripts/pbuilder_debian.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fecfe77292219d9d17c2da00ccfb9918774adc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging_scripts/pbuilder_debian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# This script is for launchpad.
+(
+set -e
+set -o xtrace
+cd ..
+cat > moose.recipe <<EOF
+# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version {debupstream}+{revno}
+lp:moose
+EOF
+# one can do nesting here.
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+ if [[ "$1" == "update" ]]; then
+ echo "Fetching repo and creating tar-ball"
+ bzr dailydeb --allow-fallback-to-native moose.recipe .. | tee $0.log
+ elif [[ "$1" == "pbuilder" ]]; then
+ bzr dailydeb --allow-fallback-to-native moose.recipe .. | tee $0.log
+ sudo -E pbuilder build ../*.dsc | tee $0.log
+ exit
+ fi
+fi
+
+tarFile=`find .. -type f -maxdepth 1 -name "moose_3.0*.tar.gz"`
+echo "Found tarfiles are $tarFile"
+if [[ ! $tarFile ]]; then
+ echo "I could not file a tar.gz file. Can't continue"
+ echo "++ Cleaning previous mess"
+ rm -rf ../moose_3.0* ../moose-{*
+ echo "++ Let me download a fresh one"
+ bzr dailydeb --allow-fallback-to-native moose.recipe .. | tee $0.log
+fi
+
+rm -f moose.recipe
+echo "Building debian package"
+bzr builddeb -- -uc -us | tee $0.log
+)