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+# Building your own Docker deb package
+
+`.deb` packages can be built from this directory with the following syntax
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli deb
+```
+
+If you want to specify a specific distro:
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli ubuntu
+```
+
+If you want to specify a specific distro version:
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli ubuntu-xenial
+```
+
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+# Building your own Docker rpm package
+
+`.rpm` packages can be built from this directory with the following syntax
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli rpm
+```
+
+If you want to specify a specific distro:
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli fedora
+```
+
+If you want to specify a specific distro version:
+
+```shell
+make ENGINE_DIR=/path/to/engine CLI_DIR=/path/to/cli fedora-25
+```
+