Example demonstrating how to build ".deb" package from java program which will update and rollback db schema via liquibase. External reading: http://askubuntu.com/a/102128 http://www.liquibase.org/ Pre-requisites installation: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html Build: mvn clean install Project installation/upgrade on ubuntu: > sudo dpkg -i jdeb-liquibase_1.0~[.. hostname ..]_all.deb Removal on ubuntu: > sudo dpkg -P jdeb-liquibase