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diff --git a/packaging/deb/meshbay-common/DEBIAN/control b/packaging/deb/meshbay-common/DEBIAN/control
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+Package: meshbay-common
+Version: __VERSION__
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: __ARCH__
+Maintainer: MeshBay Team <team@meshbay.org>
+Homepage: https://meshbay.org
+Depends: python3 (>= 3.12)
+Description: MeshBay shared Python runtime and libraries
+ Provides the shared Python virtual environment, cryptographic primitives
+ (Ed25519, X25519, GEK wrap/unwrap, ChaCha20-Poly1305), protocol types (MNP,
+ MHP), and all pip dependencies used by meshbay-hub and meshbay-node.
+ .
+ Installs to /opt/meshbay-common/venv/.
diff --git a/packaging/deb/meshbay-common/DEBIAN/postinst b/packaging/deb/meshbay-common/DEBIAN/postinst
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+    configure)
+        # Recompile bytecode for the installed Python version.
+        # The venv was built on the build machine; .pyc files may reference
+        # a different path or Python micro-version.
+        if command -v py3compile >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            py3compile /opt/meshbay-common/venv/lib/ 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+        ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#