diff --git a/.github/docker/ubuntu.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/ubuntu.Dockerfile
index ec0062a5..304fd8f1 100644
--- a/.github/docker/ubuntu.Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/docker/ubuntu.Dockerfile
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ apt-get install -y \
   libc6:arm64 \
   libstdc++6:arm64 \
   git \
-  ninja-build
+  ninja-build \
+  python3
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 EOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 32022a8b..1434f809 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020-2025 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2026 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12.0 FATAL_ERROR)
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 
 set(TARGET_LOADER_NAME ze_loader)
 
+# Canonical Ubuntu/Debian package names (libze1 / libze-dev)
+# produced alongside the existing level-zero / level-zero-devel packages.
+if(NOT BUILD_INSTALLER)
+    set(CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT "libze1")
+    set(CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT "libze-dev")
+endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(source)
 add_subdirectory(samples)
@@ -265,6 +271,29 @@ install(FILES ${LEVEL_ZERO_LOADER_API_HEADERS}
     COMPONENT ${SDK_COMPONENT_STRING}
 )
 
+# Canonical Ubuntu/Debian package naming (libze1 / libze-dev) mirrors Canonical's own packaging.
+# EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL prevents these rules from running during 'make install' — the same files are
+# already installed by the level-zero / level-zero-devel components above. CPack ignores
+# EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL when building component packages, so 'cmake --build . --target package'
+# still produces all four .deb files without duplicating entries in install_manifest.txt.
+if(CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT)
+    install(FILES ${LEVEL_ZERO_API_HEADERS}
+        DESTINATION ./include/level_zero
+        COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    )
+    install(FILES ${LEVEL_ZERO_LAYERS_API_HEADERS}
+        DESTINATION ./include/level_zero/layers
+        COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    )
+    install(FILES ${LEVEL_ZERO_LOADER_API_HEADERS}
+        DESTINATION ./include/level_zero/loader
+        COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    )
+endif()
+
 if (MSVC)
     set (PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "python")
 else()
@@ -357,7 +386,7 @@ set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "oneAPI Level Zero")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Intel Corporation")
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "Intel Corporation")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT "Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>")
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}")
@@ -409,6 +438,28 @@ if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "DEB")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}_${PROJECT_VERSION}+${os_name}${os_version}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO-DEVEL_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-devel_${PROJECT_VERSION}+${os_name}${os_version}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO-DEVEL_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "level-zero(=${PROJECT_VERSION})")
+    # Mutual exclusion with the canonical libze1 / libze-dev packages
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO_PACKAGE_CONFLICTS "libze1")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "libze1")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO_PACKAGE_REPLACES "libze1")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO-DEVEL_PACKAGE_CONFLICTS "libze-dev")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO-DEVEL_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "libze-dev")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LEVEL-ZERO-DEVEL_PACKAGE_REPLACES "libze-dev")
+
+    # Canonical Ubuntu naming: libze1 (runtime) and libze-dev (development)
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE1_PACKAGE_NAME "libze1")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE-DEV_PACKAGE_NAME "libze-dev")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE1_FILE_NAME "libze1_${PROJECT_VERSION}+${os_name}${os_version}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE-DEV_FILE_NAME "libze-dev_${PROJECT_VERSION}+${os_name}${os_version}_${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}.deb")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE-DEV_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libze1 (= ${PROJECT_VERSION})")
+    # Mutual exclusion with the level-zero / level-zero-devel packages
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE1_PACKAGE_CONFLICTS "level-zero")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE1_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "level-zero")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE1_PACKAGE_REPLACES "level-zero")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE-DEV_PACKAGE_CONFLICTS "level-zero-devel")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE-DEV_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "level-zero-devel")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_LIBZE-DEV_PACKAGE_REPLACES "level-zero-devel")
+
     set(CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
     set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
 endif()
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 66cfd959..87fdb724 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (C) 2019-2021 Intel Corporation
+Copyright (C) 2019-2026 Intel Corporation
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/source/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ec4b8db..fe433457 100644
--- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ install(TARGETS ze_loader
     NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${SDK_COMPONENT_STRING}
 )
 
+# EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL: canonical libze1/libze-dev components are for CPack .deb packaging only.
+# 'make install' uses the level-zero/level-zero-devel components above to avoid duplicate
+# entries in install_manifest.txt which would cause 'xargs rm' uninstall to fail.
+if(CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT)
+    install(TARGETS ze_loader
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+        NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    )
+endif()
+
 if(NOT BUILD_INSTALLER)
 file(RELATIVE_PATH pkgconfig_prefix "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 file(RELATIVE_PATH pkgconfig_include_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}")
@@ -85,4 +98,12 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/level-zero.pc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINA
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libze_loader.pc"
               "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/level-zero.pc"
         DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" COMPONENT ${SDK_COMPONENT_STRING})
+
+if(CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT)
+    # EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL: CPack-only; avoids duplicate install_manifest.txt entries.
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libze_loader.pc"
+                  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/level-zero.pc"
+            DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+            EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/source/drivers/null/CMakeLists.txt b/source/drivers/null/CMakeLists.txt
index cf6baae7..2a420fa4 100644
--- a/source/drivers/null/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/drivers/null/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ if(INSTALL_NULL_DRIVER)
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT level-zero
         NAMELINK_COMPONENT level-zero-devel
     )
+    # EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL: canonical libze1/libze-dev components are for CPack .deb packaging only.
+    # 'make install' uses the level-zero/level-zero-devel components above to avoid duplicate
+    # entries in install_manifest.txt which would cause 'xargs rm' uninstall to fail.
+    if(CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT)
+        install(TARGETS ze_null
+            ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+            RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+            LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+            NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+            EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+        )
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if (BUILD_L0_LOADER_TESTS)
diff --git a/source/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt b/source/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
index c0a92678..8b7999ed 100644
--- a/source/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/layers/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,3 +69,16 @@ install(TARGETS ze_tracing_layer
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${LIB_COMPONENT_STRING}
     NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${SDK_COMPONENT_STRING}
 )
+
+# EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL: canonical libze1/libze-dev components are for CPack .deb packaging only.
+# 'make install' uses the level-zero/level-zero-devel components above to avoid duplicate
+# entries in install_manifest.txt which would cause 'xargs rm' uninstall to fail.
+if(CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT)
+    install(TARGETS ze_tracing_layer
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+        NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    )
+endif()
diff --git a/source/layers/validation/CMakeLists.txt b/source/layers/validation/CMakeLists.txt
index ba4bd418..02391fff 100644
--- a/source/layers/validation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/layers/validation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,5 +59,18 @@ install(TARGETS ze_validation_layer
     NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${SDK_COMPONENT_STRING}
 )
 
+# EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL: canonical libze1/libze-dev components are for CPack .deb packaging only.
+# 'make install' uses the level-zero/level-zero-devel components above to avoid duplicate
+# entries in install_manifest.txt which would cause 'xargs rm' uninstall to fail.
+if(CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT)
+    install(TARGETS ze_validation_layer
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_LIB_COMPONENT}
+        NAMELINK_COMPONENT ${CANONICAL_SDK_COMPONENT}
+        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    )
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(handle_lifetime_tracking)
 add_subdirectory(checkers)