diff --git a/build_scripts/Debian/debian/control b/build_scripts/Debian/debian/control
index 78c1ad740..42646702d 100644
--- a/build_scripts/Debian/debian/control
+++ b/build_scripts/Debian/debian/control
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ Source: retroshare
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Cyril Soler <csoler@users.sourceforge.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),  libglib2.0-dev, libupnp-dev, libssl-dev, libxss-dev, libgnome-keyring-dev, libbz2-dev, libspeex-dev, libspeexdsp-dev, libxslt1-dev, cmake, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libopencv-dev, tcl8.6, libsqlcipher-dev, libmicrohttpd-dev, libavcodec-dev, qtmultimedia5-dev, qttools5-dev, libqt5x11extras5-dev, qtbase5-dev, qt5-qmake, qtbase5-dev-tools
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),  libglib2.0-dev, libupnp-dev, libssl-dev, libxss-dev, libgnome-keyring-dev, libbz2-dev, libspeex-dev, libspeexdsp-dev, libxslt1-dev, cmake, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libopencv-dev, tcl8.6, libsqlcipher-dev, libmicrohttpd-dev, libavcodec-dev, qtmultimedia5-dev, qttools5-dev, libqt5x11extras5-dev, qtbase5-dev, qt5-qmake, qtbase5-dev-tools
 Standards-Version: 4.1.4
 Homepage: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net
 
 Package: retroshare-voip-plugin
 Architecture: any
-Conflicts: 
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, retroshare, libspeex1, libspeexdsp1, libqt5multimedia5
-Description: RetroShare VOIP plugin
+Description: VOIP plugin for the Retroshare communication platform
  This package provides a plugin for RetroShare, a secured Friend-to-Friend
  communication plateform. The plugin adds voice-over-IP functionality to the
  private chat window. Both friends chatting together need the plugin installed
@@ -18,16 +17,15 @@ Description: RetroShare VOIP plugin
 
 Package: retroshare-feedreader-plugin
 Architecture: any
-Conflicts:
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, retroshare
-Description: RetroShare FeedReader plugin
+Description: FeedReader plugin for the Retroshare communication platform
  Plugin for Retroshare, adding a RSS feed reader tab to retroshare.
 
 Package: retroshare-nogui
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, gnome-keyring
 Conflicts: retroshare
-Description: headless version of Retroshare
+Description: headless version of Retroshare software
  Headless version of the Retroshare platform.
 
 Package: retroshare
@@ -39,5 +37,3 @@ Description: Secure communication with friends
  commmunication platform. It creates  mesh of computers linked with TLS
  connections, on top of which it provides file transfer, asynchronous email,
  forums, channels and chat.
-
-
diff --git a/build_scripts/Debian/debian/copyright b/build_scripts/Debian/debian/copyright
index 3c6b5e98f..74eed3147 100644
--- a/build_scripts/Debian/debian/copyright
+++ b/build_scripts/Debian/debian/copyright
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
 Upstream-Name: retroshare
-Source: https://github.com/retroshare/retroshare
-
-Files: *
-
 Upstream-Contact: retroshare.team@gmail.com
-Copyright: Copyright 2007-2018 Retroshare Team All rights reserved.
+Source: https://github.com/retroshare/retroshare
 
 License: GPL-2+
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -48,3 +44,7 @@ License: GPL-2+
   This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
   (eay@cryptsoft.com)
 
+Copyright: Copyright 2007-2018 Retroshare Team All rights reserved.
+
+Files: *
+
diff --git a/build_scripts/Debian/debian/rules b/build_scripts/Debian/debian/rules
index 8b4fe6b6d..f40a23ed3 100755
--- a/build_scripts/Debian/debian/rules
+++ b/build_scripts/Debian/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 export DH_VERBOSE = 1
 
 DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
+
+# skip *-dbgsym packages
 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noddebs
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
@@ -20,6 +22,3 @@ MY_BUILDDIR = _build
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	@mkdir -p $(MY_BUILDDIR)
 	dh_auto_configure -- CONFIG="unix release retroshare_plugins rs_autologin" PREFIX=/usr LIB_DIR=/usr/lib ../src
-
-
-