diff --git a/addons/packages/packetfence.spec b/addons/packages/packetfence.spec
index 3080dbe2902b..66af23fef534 100644
--- a/addons/packages/packetfence.spec
+++ b/addons/packages/packetfence.spec
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ server.
 mv pfcmd_pregrammar.pm lib/pf/pfcmd/
 
 # generate translations
+# TODO this is duplicated in debian/rules, we should aim to consolidate in a 'make' style step
 for TRANSLATION in de en es fr he_IL it nl pt_BR; do 
     /usr/bin/msgfmt conf/locale/$TRANSLATION/LC_MESSAGES/packetfence.po
     mv packetfence.mo conf/locale/$TRANSLATION/LC_MESSAGES/
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1948ed4b3926..9bc3af0993e0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: packetfence
 Section: main/net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Durand fabrice <fdurand@inverse.ca>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), gettext, libparse-recdescent-perl
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence.git
 Vcs-browser: https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/
@@ -10,47 +10,51 @@ Homepage: http://www.packetfence.org/
 
 Package: packetfence
 Architecture: all
+# TODO: We can probably move these in Depends since 3.5.0 (managed RADIUS feature)
 Pre-Depends:  freeradius, freeradius-ldap, freeradius-postgresql,
  freeradius-mysql, freeradius-krb5
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, apache2, apache2.2-common, apache2-utils, 
- openssl, openssl-blacklist, openssl-blacklist-extra, php-log, snort, 
- mysql-server, libapache2-mod-proxy-html, libapache2-mod-php5, php-pear,
- php5-mysql, php5-gd, perl-suid, make,
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, vlan, make,
+ openssl, openssl-blacklist, openssl-blacklist-extra, snort,
+ mysql-server,
+ snmp, snmptrapfmt,
+# apache related
+ apache2, apache2.2-common, apache2-utils, libapache2-mod-proxy-html,
+ apache2-mpm-prefork,
+# php web admin
+ libapache2-mod-php5, php-pear, php5-mysql, php5-gd, make, php-log,
 # process management
  procps,
-# perl stuff
- libapache-htpasswd-perl, libbit-vector-perl, libtext-csv-perl, 
+# perl basic components
+ perl-suid, liblist-moreutils-perl, libwww-perl, libtry-tiny-perl,
+# perl uncategorized modules
+ libapache-htpasswd-perl, libbit-vector-perl, libtext-csv-perl,
  libcgi-session-serialize-yaml-perl, libtimedate-perl, libapache-dbi-perl,
  libdbd-mysql-perl, libfile-tail-perl, libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl,
- libiptables-parse-perl, libiptables-chainmgr-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl,
- liblocale-gettext-perl, liblog-log4perl-perl, iptables,
- liblwp-useragent-determined-perl, libnet-mac-vendor-perl, libnet-mac-perl, 
- libnet-netmask-perl, libnet-pcap-perl, libnet-snmp-perl, libsnmp-perl, 
- libnet-telnet-cisco-perl, libparse-recdescent-perl, 
- libregexp-common-email-address-perl, libregexp-common-time-perl, 
- libperl-critic-perl, libreadonly-xs-perl, libhtml-template-perl, 
- libterm-readkey-perl, libtest-perl-critic-perl, libtest-pod-perl, 
- libtest-pod-coverage-perl, apache2-mpm-prefork, libthread-pool-simple-perl,
- libuniversal-require-perl, libuniversal-exports-perl, libnet-rawip-perl, 
- libwww-perl, libapache-htpasswd-perl, libbit-vector-perl, 
+ libiptables-parse-perl, libiptables-chainmgr-perl, iptables,
+ liblwp-useragent-determined-perl, libnet-mac-vendor-perl, libnet-mac-perl,
+ libnet-netmask-perl, libnet-pcap-perl, libnet-snmp-perl, libsnmp-perl,
+ libnet-telnet-cisco-perl, libparse-recdescent-perl,
+ libregexp-common-email-address-perl, libregexp-common-time-perl,
+ libperl-critic-perl, libreadonly-xs-perl, libhtml-template-perl,
+ libterm-readkey-perl, libtest-perl-critic-perl, libtest-pod-perl,
+ libtest-pod-coverage-perl, libthread-pool-simple-perl,
+ libuniversal-require-perl, libuniversal-exports-perl, libnet-rawip-perl,
  libcgi-session-perl, libconfig-inifiles-perl,
- libdatetime-format-dateparse-perl, libdbi-perl, libdbd-mysql-perl, 
- libfile-tail-perl, libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl, libiptables-parse-perl, 
- libiptables-chainmgr-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, liblocale-gettext-perl, 
- liblog-log4perl-perl, libnet-mac-perl, libnet-mac-vendor-perl, 
- libnet-netmask-perl, libnet-pcap-perl, libnet-snmp-perl,
- libnet-telnet-perl, libparse-recdescent-perl, libregexp-common-perl,
- libreadonly-perl, libtemplate-perl, libterm-readkey-perl, 
- libtest-perl-critic-perl, libtest-pod-perl, libtest-pod-coverage-perl, 
- libuniversal-require-perl, libthread-serialize-perl, libload-perl,
- libtry-tiny-perl, snmp, snmptrapfmt, libmime-lite-perl,
+ libdatetime-format-dateparse-perl, libdbi-perl,
+ libnet-telnet-perl, libregexp-common-perl,
+ libreadonly-perl, libtemplate-perl, libterm-readkey-perl,
+ libuniversal-require-perl, libthread-serialize-perl,
  libnet-ldap-perl, libcrypt-generatepassword-perl, perl-doc, dhcp3-server,
  bind9, librrds-perl, libnetpacket-perl (>= 1.3), libcache-cache-perl, libcarp-perl,
  libiptables-libiptc-perl, libload-perl, libmime-lite-tt-perl,
- libnet-appliance-session-perl, libnet-cli-interact-perl,
+# hard-coded to specific version because v3 broke the API and we haven't ported to it yet
+# see #1313: Port our Net-Appliance-Session to the version 3 API
+# http://packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1313
+ libnet-appliance-session-perl (= 2.111080),
+ libnet-cli-interact-perl,
  libnet-interface-perl, libnet-radius-perl,
  libparse-nessus-nbe-perl, libphp-session-perl, libtest-mockdbi-perl,
- gettext, vlan, libsoap-lite-perl, libnet-frame-perl, libthread-pool-perl,
+ libsoap-lite-perl, libnet-frame-perl, libthread-pool-perl,
  libnet-nessus-xmlrpc-perl (>= 0.4),
 # FIXME track what requires the conveyor stuff and identify it. If we can, get rid of it.
  libthread-conveyor-monitored-perl, libthread-conveyor-perl, libthread-tie-perl,
@@ -65,7 +69,13 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, apache2, apache2.2-common, apache2-utils,
 # catalyst-server
  libcatalyst-engine-http-prefork-perl,
 # packaging workaround (we don't require it but something in catalyst seem to do)
- libmodule-install-perl
+ libmodule-install-perl,
+# i18n
+ liblocale-gettext-perl, 
+# logging framework
+ liblog-log4perl-perl,
+# used by Captive Portal authentication modules
+ libauthen-radius-perl, libauthen-krb5-simple-perl
 Description: PacketFence network registration / worm mitigation system
  PacketFence is an open source network access control (NAC) system.
  It can be used to effectively secure networks, from small to very large
@@ -96,11 +106,9 @@ Description: Files needed for sending snort alerts to packetfence
 
 Package: packetfence-test
 Architecture: all
-Depends: packetfence, libauthen-radius-perl, libauthen-krb5-simple-perl, libtest-mockmodule-perl,
- libtext-csv-perl, libtest-nowarnings-perl, libjson-perl,libtest-mockobject-perl,
-# FIXME track what requires the conveyor stuff and identify it. If we can, get rid of it.
- libthread-pool-perl, libthread-conveyor-perl, libthread-tie-perl, liberror-perl,
- libtest-exception-perl, libnetpacket-perl (>= 1.3)
+Depends: packetfence, libtest-mockmodule-perl,
+ libtest-nowarnings-perl, libtest-mockobject-perl,
+ libtest-exception-perl
 Description: Test suite for packetfence
  The PacketFence package contains a suite of test for validate packetfence
  installation.
diff --git a/debian/packetfence.postinst b/debian/packetfence.postinst
index 04f8cc1e53d3..4b5ac99b14d9 100644
--- a/debian/packetfence.postinst
+++ b/debian/packetfence.postinst
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ case "$1" in
     configure)
         export PACKETFENCE=/usr/local/pf
         export PERL5LIB=/usr/local/pf/lib
-    
-        # compile grammar
-        perl -w -e "use strict; use warnings; use Parse::RecDescent; use lib \"./lib\"; use pf::pfcmd::pfcmd; Parse::RecDescent->Precompile(\$grammar, \"pfcmd_pregrammar\");"
-        mv pfcmd_pregrammar.pm $PACKETFENCE/lib/pf/pfcmd/
-    
+
         # link to latest SQL schema
         if [ ! -e "$PACKETFENCE/db/pf-schema.sql" ]; then
             cd $PACKETFENCE/db
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1836bf2dbbb3..f8c0145c9ed7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ install: build
 	for i in `find * -path 't*' ! -type d`; do \
 		$(INSTALL) $$i $(CURDIR)/debian/packetfence-test$(PREFIX)/$(NAME)/$$i; \
 	done
+	# generate translations
+	# TODO this is duplicated in our RPM spec, we should aim to consolidate in a 'make' style step
+	for TRANSLATION in de en es fr he_IL it nl pt_BR; do
+		/usr/bin/msgfmt conf/locale/$TRANSLATION/LC_MESSAGES/packetfence.po \
+		--output-file conf/locale/$TRANSLATION/LC_MESSAGES/packetfence.mo
+	done
+	# precompile grammar
+	perl -w -e 'use strict; use warnings; use Parse::RecDescent; use lib "./lib"; use pf::pfcmd::pfcmd; Parse::RecDescent->Precompile($grammar, "pfcmd_pregrammar");'
+	mv pfcmd_pregrammar.pm $(CURDIR)/debian/packetfence$(PREFIX)/$(NAME)/lib/pf/pfcmd/
 	# Install empty directories not in our tarball since the git move
 	install -d -m0700 $(CURDIR)/debian/packetfence$(PREFIX)/$(NAME)/addons
 	install -d -m0700 $(CURDIR)/debian/packetfence$(PREFIX)/$(NAME)/conf/users