diff --git a/build_tools/description-pak b/build_tools/description-pak
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-This is the_ridiculous'fish s delightful fork of, fish friendly interactive shell. For more information, visit http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/ .
-
-This installer will install fish, but will not modify your /etc/shells file or your default shell. I trust you know how to do that yourself if you care to!
diff --git a/build_tools/make_deb.sh b/build_tools/make_deb.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Terminate on error
-set -e
-
-sudo rm -Rf /tmp/fishfish
-mkdir /tmp/fishfish
-git archive --format=tar fish_fish | tar -x -C /tmp/fishfish
-mkdir /tmp/fishfish/doc-pak
-cp README INSTALL CHANGELOG release_notes.html /tmp/fishfish/doc-pak/
-cp build_tools/description-pak /tmp/fishfish/
-cd /tmp/fishfish
-autoconf
-./configure
-make -j 3
-sudo checkinstall --default --pakdir ~/fish_built/ --pkgversion 0.9 make install
-mv ~/fish_built/fishfish_0.9-1_i386.deb ~/fish_built/fishfish_0.9_i386.deb
-