diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94d6c2c..954661d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,61 @@ target_link_libraries(cpackexamplelib Boost::filesystem ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES})
 
 DEAL_II_SETUP_TARGET("${PROJECT_NAME}")
 DEAL_II_SETUP_TARGET(cpackexamplelib)
+
+set_target_properties(cpackexamplelib PROPERTIES
+  PUBLIC_HEADER "fem/fem.hpp;filesystem/filesystem.hpp;flatset/flatset.hpp;yamlParser/yamlParser.hpp"
+)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+target_include_directories(cpackexamplelib
+    PRIVATE
+        # where the library itself will look for its internal headers
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    PUBLIC
+        # where top-level project will look for the library's public headers
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+        # where external projects will look for the library's public headers
+        $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/cpackexamplelib>
+)
+
+# compress changelog
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz"
+    COMMAND gzip -c -9 "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/changelog" > "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+    DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/changelog"
+)
+add_custom_target(changelog ALL DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz")
+
+# compress man page
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpackexample.1.gz"
+    COMMAND gzip -c -9 -n "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/manual.1" > "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpackexample.1.gz"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+    DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/manual.1"
+)
+add_custom_target(manpage ALL DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpackexample.1.gz")
+
+install(TARGETS cpackexample cpackexamplelib
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+  PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/cpackexamplelib
+  INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/cpackexamplelib
+)
+
+install(
+  FILES "LICENSE" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR} RENAME "copyright"
+)
+install(
+  FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/changelog.gz" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}"
+)
+install(
+  FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cpackexample.1.gz" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1"
+)
+
+# Adding other cmake modules (standard like this)
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+# Include our packaging module (standard like this)
+include(CPackConfig)
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bd5207d..df3df6e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update && \
         tree \
         lintian \
         unzip
+        libyaml-cpp-dev
         
-# Get, unpack, build, and install yaml-cpp        
-RUN mkdir software && cd software && \
-    wget https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/refs/tags/yaml-cpp-0.6.3.zip && unzip yaml-cpp-0.6.3.zip && \
-    cd yaml-cpp-yaml-cpp-0.6.3 && mkdir build && cd build && \
-    cmake -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON .. && make -j4 && make install    
-    
 # This is some strange Docker feature. Normally, you don't need to add /usr/local to these
 ENV LIBRARY_PATH $LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d70842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cpackexample (0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
+  [ Initial Package Release ]
+  * Added CPack configuration to create .deb and .tar.gz files.
+  * Added installation procedure to default paths.
+ -- Fabio Tucciarone <st177167@stud.uni-stuttgart.de>  Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0100
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diff --git a/cmake/CPackConfig.cmake b/cmake/CPackConfig.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb7974d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CPackConfig.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Debian packaging section
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ;DEB")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME DEB-DEFAULT)
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS YES)
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "SSE ppackaging example project")
+
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION
+"This package contains and tests some packages
+and generates .deb and .tar.gz files itself."
+)
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "SSE Student")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "st177167@stud.uni-stuttgart.de")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "FabioTucciarone ${CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT}")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "FabioTucciarone <${CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT}>")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/FabioTucciarone/cpack-exercise-wt2526")
+
+set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES true)
+
+include(CPack)
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diff --git a/manual.1 b/manual.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a30ae6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manual.1
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.TH cpackexample 1 "Dec 2025" "cpackexample 0.1.0"
+.SH NAME
+cpackexample \- executable
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+Runs some example code for boost, deal.ii and yaml-cpp
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+SSE packaging example project