diff --git a/etc/scripts/build_deb_docker.py b/etc/scripts/build_deb_docker.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Use Docker container to build a Debian package.
+Using Docker approach to ensure a consistent and isolated build environment.
+
+Requirement: The `toml` Python package
+
+    pip install toml
+
+To run the script:
+
+    python build_deb_docker.py
+
+This script will generate the Debian package files and place them in the
+dist/debian/ directory.
+
+Once the debian package is generated, you can install it using:
+
+    sudo apt install ./<package>.deb
+
+Note: The ./ is important - it tells apt to install from a local file
+rather than searching repositories.
+Replace the above path with the actual path to the generated debian file.
+"""
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import toml
+
+
+def build_deb_with_docker():
+    # Load the pyproject.toml file
+    with open("pyproject.toml") as f:
+        project = toml.load(f)["project"]
+
+    pkg_name = project["name"]
+    # Insert "python3-"" prefix that follows a common convention
+    deb_name = f"python3-{pkg_name.lower()}"
+
+    # Debian version conventions replace hyphens with tildes
+    deb_version = project["version"].replace("-dev", "~dev")
+
+    docker_cmd = [
+        "docker",
+        "run",
+        "--rm",
+        "-v",
+        f"{os.getcwd()}:/workspace",
+        "-w",
+        "/workspace",
+        "ubuntu:22.04",
+        "/bin/bash",
+        "-c",
+        f"""set -ex
+            # Install build dependencies
+            apt-get update
+            apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv debhelper dh-python devscripts
+
+            # Install build tool
+            pip install build
+
+            # Build the wheel
+            python3 -m build --wheel
+
+            # Move wheel to dist/debian/
+            mkdir -p dist/debian
+            mv dist/*.whl dist/debian/
+
+            # Get the wheel file name
+            WHEEL_FILE=$(ls dist/debian/*.whl)
+            if [ -z "$WHEEL_FILE" ]; then
+                echo "Error: No wheel file found in dist/debian/." >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+
+            # Create temporary directory for package building
+            TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+            PKG_DIR="$TEMP_DIR/{deb_name}-{deb_version}"
+            mkdir -p "$PKG_DIR"
+
+            # Extract wheel contents to package directory
+            unzip "$WHEEL_FILE" -d "$PKG_DIR"
+
+            # Create DEBIAN control file
+            mkdir -p "$PKG_DIR/DEBIAN"
+            cat > "$PKG_DIR/DEBIAN/control" << EOF
+Package: {deb_name}
+Version: {deb_version}
+Architecture: all
+Maintainer: {project.get("authors", [{}])[0].get("name", "nexB Inc.")}
+Description: {
+            project.get(
+                "description",
+                "Automate open source license compliance andensure supply chain integrity",
+            )
+        }
+Depends: python3
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Homepage: {project.get("urls", "").get("Homepage", "https://github.com/aboutcode-org/dejacode")}
+EOF
+
+            # Build the .deb package
+            dpkg-deb --build "$PKG_DIR" dist/debian/
+
+            # Clean up
+            rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+
+            # Fix permissions for Windows host
+            chmod -R u+rwX dist/debian/
+        """,
+    ]
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(docker_cmd, check=True, shell=False)  # noqa: S603
+        # Verify the existence of the .deb
+        deb_file = next(Path("dist/debian").glob("*.deb"), None)
+        if deb_file:
+            print(f"\nSuccess! Debian package built: {deb_file}")
+        else:
+            print("Error: Debian package not found in dist/debian/", file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Build failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Check if "docker" is available
+    if not shutil.which("docker"):
+        print("Error: Docker not found. Please install Docker first.", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Get the directory where the current script is located (which is located in etc/scripts)
+    script_dir = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+    # Go up two levels from etc/scripts/
+    project_root = script_dir.parent.parent
+    os.chdir(project_root)
+    build_deb_with_docker()