diff --git a/wit/Makefile b/wit/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/wit/Makefile
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+VERSION=20230129
+BASENAME=wit
+
+all: clean extract DEBIAN build
+	cd .. && wit mirrors
+
+help:
+	@echo
+	@echo "make all     # to attempt to download, extract and build the .deb package using dpkg"
+	@echo
+
+update-keyring:
+	curl -fsSL https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor >bazel-archive-keyring.gpg
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf ../files
+	rm -f ../*.deb
+	rm -f ../*.tar.xz data.tar.xz
+	rm -rf DEBIAN
+
+extract:
+	cp -r files ..
+
+# makes the DEBIAN/ directory
+DEBIAN:
+	mkdir -p DEBIAN
+
+	# make the md5sum file
+	cd ../files/ && find -type f -exec md5sum '{}' \; |sort -k2 >../md5sums
+	mv ../md5sums DEBIAN/
+
+	# make the control there
+	mkdir -p DEBIAN
+	cp control DEBIAN/
+	# echo Version: ${VERSION} >>DEBIAN/control
+
+	cp postinst DEBIAN
+
+build:
+	mv DEBIAN ../files/
+	cd .. && dpkg-deb --build files ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
+	cd .. && dpkg-deb --info ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
diff --git a/wit/compat b/wit/compat
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index 0000000..f599e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wit/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/wit/control b/wit/control
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index 0000000..4fbd032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wit/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Source: wit
+Build-Depends: golang
+Package: wit
+Version: 20230129
+Maintainer: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: info
+Description: sets up the apt repository for wit
diff --git a/wit/files/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wit.list b/wit/files/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wit.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3b9ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wit/files/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wit.list
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deb [signed-by=/etc/wit/wit.gpg] http://mirrors.wit.org/wit/ sid main
+deb-src [signed-by=/etc/wit/wit.gpg] http://mirrors.wit.org/wit/ sid main
diff --git a/wit/files/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/wit-archive-keyring.gpg b/wit/files/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/wit-archive-keyring.gpg
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diff --git a/wit/files/etc/wit/git b/wit/files/etc/wit/git
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index 0000000..8987389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wit/files/etc/wit/git
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+jcarr
diff --git a/wit/files/etc/wit/wit.gpg b/wit/files/etc/wit/wit.gpg
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diff --git a/wit/files/etc/wit/wit.key b/wit/files/etc/wit/wit.key
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index 0000000..549b460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wit/files/etc/wit/wit.key
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
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diff --git a/wit/postinst b/wit/postinst
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index 0000000..82107c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wit/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo
+echo "Run: apt update && apt install wit"
+echo