Assuming you've already [created a standard VM](https://ask.it.acr.me/question/1010/how-should-we-setup-a-host-machine-for-betabox-trusty/?answer=1021#post-id-1021) in which to do this work, here are the steps:

### Prepare your work environment
These steps will turn your raw Ubuntu VM into a machine tuned for testing and packaging the pystack components.

1. **Make your VM comfortable** -- Make yourself an account, add your SSH-keys for Bitbucket, install your favorite dev tools, etc.
1. **Install bbsage** -- `sudo apt-get install bbsage bbansible`  -- this will include all of the tools you need to build and package the pystack debs.
1. **Sync bbsage dotfiles** -- You'll customize this VM for packaging so sync the bbsage dotfiles into your working directory: `use bbsage && bb-dot bbsage --sync`
1. **Retrieve betabox-trusty tree** -- 
    1. `cd ~/hgdev/org.bitbucket`
    1. `mkdir betabox-trusty`
    1. `hg clone ssh://hg@bitbucket.org/betabox-trusty/betabox-trusty.bitbucket.org`
1. **Add local betabox-trusty tree to your `/etc/apt/sources.list`** 
    1. `sudo mkdir /opt/apt`
    1. `sudo ln -s ${HOME}/hgdev/org/bitbucket/betabox-trusty/ /opt/apt/current;
    1. Add a line prior to the other betabox-trusty entries like:
       `deb file:///opt/apt/current/ubuntu fimero main`
    1. `sudo apt-get update`
    1. `sudo apt-get install bbginger`

### Test Packaging
We'll testing the packaging step *first* to ensure we have all of the prerequisite libraries install properly.

1. **Retrieve pystack source packages** `checkoutmanager co pystack-default`   (this works courtesy of bbsage dotfiles)
2. **Make debs** -- This will create the debs and install them in your local reprepro tree:
    1. `cd ~/hgdev/org.bitbucket/autonomy/bbsage && bb-package.sh`
    2. `cd ~/hgdev/org.bitbucket/autonomy/bbmint && bb-package.sh`
    3. `cd ~/hgdev/org.bitbucket/autonomy/bbdill && bb-package.sh`
    4. `cd ~/hgdev/org.bitbucket/autonomy/bbthyme && bb-package.sh`
    5. `cd ~/hgdev/org.bitbucket/autonomy/bbginger && bb-package.sh`
3. **Install