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--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/installDebian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd ..
+
+EXEC=$(pwd)/novelWriter.py
+EXEC=$(echo $EXEC | sed 's_/_\\/_g')
+
+sed "s/%%exec%%/$EXEC/g" assets/novelwriter.desktop > /usr/share/applications/novelwriter.desktop
+
+cp -v assets/icons/24x24/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/48x48/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/96x96/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/256x256/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/512x512/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/1024x1024/novelwriter.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/novelwriter.svg           /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/x-novelwriter-project.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/application-x-novelwriter-project.svg
+cp -v assets/mime/x-novelwriter-project.xml  /usr/share/mime/packages/
+
+update-mime-database /usr/share/mime/
+update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/hicolor/
diff --git a/assets/mime/x-novelwriter-project.xml b/assets/mime/x-novelwriter-project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21ecbe0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/mime/x-novelwriter-project.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
+  <mime-type type="application/x-novelwriter-project">
+    <comment>novelWriter Project </comment>
+    <sub-class-of type="application/xml"/>
+    <glob pattern="*.nwx"/>
+  </mime-type>
+</mime-info>
diff --git a/assets/novelwriter.desktop b/assets/novelwriter.desktop
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index 00000000..2e6901d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/novelwriter.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=novelWriter
+Comment=Multi-document markdown editor for novels
+Exec=%%exec%% %f
+Icon=novelwriter
+Categories=GTK;GNOME;Office;
+Terminal=false
+MimeType=application/x-novelwriter-project