diff --git a/data/linux/build-deps.sh b/data/linux/build-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3dcc4ec04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/linux/build-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# NOTE: You need the following packages installed via MacPorts:
+# automake, autoconf, bison, flex, libtool
+# p5-libxml-perl, p5-xml-libxml, p7zip, pkgconfig
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# stop on error
+
+set -e
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# cd to correct path
+
+if [ -f Makefile ]; then
+  cd data/linux
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# set target dir
+
+TARGETDIR=$HOME/builds
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# function to remove old stuff
+
+cleanup()
+{
+
+rm -rf $TARGETDIR/carla/ $TARGETDIR/carla32/ $TARGETDIR/carla64/
+# rm -rf cx_Freeze-*
+# rm -rf Python-*
+# rm -rf PyQt-*
+# rm -rf file-*
+# rm -rf flac-*
+# rm -rf fltk-*
+# rm -rf fluidsynth-*
+# rm -rf fftw-*
+# rm -rf gettext-*
+# rm -rf glib-*
+# rm -rf libffi-*
+# rm -rf libgig-*
+rm -rf liblo-*
+# rm -rf libogg-*
+# rm -rf libsndfile-*
+# rm -rf libvorbis-*
+# rm -rf linuxsampler-*
+# rm -rf mxml-*
+rm -rf pkg-config-*
+# rm -rf pyliblo-*
+# rm -rf qtbase-*
+# rm -rf qtmacextras-*
+# rm -rf qtsvg-*
+# rm -rf sip-*
+# rm -rf zlib-*
+# rm -rf PaxHeaders.20420
+
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# function to build base libs
+
+build_base()
+{
+
+export CC=gcc
+export CXX=g++
+
+export PREFIX=$TARGETDIR/carla$ARCH
+export PATH=$PREFIX/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig
+
+export CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=generic -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse -fvisibility=hidden -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections"
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -m$ARCH -fPIC -DPIC -DNDEBUG -I$PREFIX/include"
+export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility-inlines-hidden"
+
+export LDFLAGS="-fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--strip-all"
+export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -m$ARCH -L$PREFIX/lib"
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# pkgconfig
+
+if [ ! -d pkg-config-0.28 ]; then
+curl -O https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz
+tar -xf pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f pkg-config-0.28_$ARCH/build-done ]; then
+cp -r pkg-config-0.28 pkg-config-0.28_$ARCH
+cd pkg-config-0.28_$ARCH
+./configure --enable-indirect-deps --with-internal-glib --with-pc-path=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# liblo
+
+if [ ! -d liblo-0.28 ]; then
+curl -L http://download.sourceforge.net/liblo/liblo-0.28.tar.gz -o liblo-0.28.tar.gz
+tar -xf liblo-0.28.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f liblo-0.28_$ARCH/build-done ]; then
+cp -r liblo-0.28 liblo-0.28_$ARCH
+cd liblo-0.28_$ARCH
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ "$ARCH" == "32" ]; then
+return
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# file/magic
+
+if [ ! -d file-5.25 ]; then
+curl -O ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.25.tar.gz
+tar -xf file-5.25.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f file-5.25/build-done ]; then
+cd file-5.25
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# zlib
+
+if [ ! -d zlib-1.2.10 ]; then
+curl -L https://github.com/madler/zlib/archive/v1.2.10.tar.gz -o zlib-1.2.10.tar.gz
+tar -xf zlib-1.2.10.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f zlib-1.2.10/build-done ]; then
+cd zlib-1.2.10
+./configure --static --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# mxml
+
+if [ ! -d mxml-2.11 ]; then
+wget https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/releases/download/v2.11/mxml-2.11.tar.gz
+mkdir mxml-2.11
+cd mxml-2.11
+tar -xf ../mxml-2.11.tar.gz
+cd ..
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f mxml-2.11/build-done ]; then
+cd mxml-2.11
+./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+make libmxml.a
+cp *.a    $PREFIX/lib/
+cp *.pc   $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig/
+cp mxml.h $PREFIX/include/
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# libogg
+
+if [ ! -d libogg-1.3.2 ]; then
+curl -O https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/xiph/releases/ogg/libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz
+tar -xf libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f libogg-1.3.2/build-done ]; then
+cd libogg-1.3.2
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# libvorbis
+
+if [ ! -d libvorbis-1.3.5 ]; then
+wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.3.5.tar.gz
+tar -xf libvorbis-1.3.5.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f libvorbis-1.3.5/build-done ]; then
+cd libvorbis-1.3.5
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# flac
+
+if [ ! -d flac-1.3.1 ]; then
+wget https://svn.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-1.3.1.tar.xz
+tar -xf flac-1.3.1.tar.xz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f flac-1.3.1/build-done ]; then
+cd flac-1.3.1
+chmod +x configure install-sh
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# libsndfile
+
+if [ ! -d libsndfile-1.0.26 ]; then
+curl -O http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/files/libsndfile-1.0.26.tar.gz
+tar -xf libsndfile-1.0.26.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f libsndfile-1.0.26/build-done ]; then
+cd libsndfile-1.0.26
+sed -i -e "s/#include <Carbon.h>//" programs/sndfile-play.c
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-sqlite --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# libgig
+
+if [ ! -d libgig-4.0.0 ]; then
+curl -O http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/libgig-4.0.0.tar.bz2
+tar -xf libgig-4.0.0.tar.bz2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f libgig-4.0.0/build-done ]; then
+cd libgig-4.0.0
+if [ ! -f patched ]; then
+patch -p1 -i ../patches/libgig_fix-build.patch
+touch patched
+fi
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# linuxsampler
+
+if [ ! -d linuxsampler-2.0.0 ]; then
+curl -O http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/linuxsampler-2.0.0.tar.bz2
+tar -xf linuxsampler-2.0.0.tar.bz2
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f linuxsampler-2.0.0/build-done ]; then
+cd linuxsampler-2.0.0
+if [ ! -f patched ]; then
+patch -p1 -i ../patches/linuxsampler_allow-no-drivers-build.patch
+patch -p1 -i ../patches/linuxsampler_disable-ladspa-fx.patch
+sed -i -e "s/HAVE_AU/HAVE_VST/" src/hostplugins/Makefile.am
+touch patched
+fi
+rm configure
+make -f Makefile.svn configure
+./configure \
+--enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX \
+--disable-alsa-driver \
+--disable-arts-driver --disable-artstest --disable-instruments-db \
+--disable-asio-driver --disable-midishare-driver --disable-coremidi-driver --disable-coreaudio-driver --disable-mmemidi-driver
+sed -i -e "s/bison (GNU Bison) //" config.h
+make -j 8
+make install
+sed -i -e "s|-llinuxsampler|-llinuxsampler -L$PREFIX/lib/libgig -lgig -lsndfile -lFLAC -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg -lm -lpthread|" $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig/linuxsampler.pc
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# fltk
+
+if [ ! -d fltk-1.3.3 ]; then
+curl -O http://fltk.org/pub/fltk/1.3.3/fltk-1.3.3-source.tar.gz
+tar -xf fltk-1.3.3-source.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f fltk-1.3.3/build-done ]; then
+cd fltk-1.3.3
+./configure --prefix=$PREFIX \
+--disable-shared --disable-debug \
+--disable-threads --disable-gl \
+--enable-localjpeg --enable-localpng
+make
+make install
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# glib
+
+if [ ! -d $PREFIX/include/glib-2.0 ]; then
+cp -r /usr/include/glib-2.0 $PREFIX/include/
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# fluidsynth
+
+if [ ! -d fluidsynth-1.1.6 ]; then
+curl -L http://sourceforge.net/projects/fluidsynth/files/fluidsynth-1.1.6/fluidsynth-1.1.6.tar.gz/download -o fluidsynth-1.1.6.tar.gz
+tar -xf fluidsynth-1.1.6.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f fluidsynth-1.1.6/build-done ]; then
+cd fluidsynth-1.1.6
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --prefix=$PREFIX \
+ --disable-dbus-support --disable-aufile-support \
+ --disable-pulse-support --disable-alsa-support --disable-portaudio-support --disable-oss-support --disable-jack-support \
+ --disable-coreaudio --disable-coremidi --disable-dart --disable-lash --disable-ladcca \
+ --without-readline \
+ --enable-libsndfile-support
+make
+make install
+sed -i -e "s|-lfluidsynth|-lfluidsynth -lglib-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lsndfile -lFLAC -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg -lpthread -lm|" $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig/fluidsynth.pc
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# fftw3 (needs to be last as it modifies C[XX]FLAGS)
+
+if [ ! -d fftw-3.3.4 ]; then
+curl -O http://www.fftw.org/fftw-3.3.4.tar.gz
+tar -xf fftw-3.3.4.tar.gz
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f fftw-3.3.4/build-done ]; then
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O3 -ffast-math"
+export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -O3 -ffast-math"
+cd fftw-3.3.4
+./configure --enable-static --enable-sse2 --disable-shared --disable-debug --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+make clean
+./configure --enable-static --enable-sse --enable-sse2 --enable-single --disable-shared --disable-debug --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
+make clean
+touch build-done
+cd ..
+fi
+
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# build base libs
+
+export ARCH=32
+build_base
+
+export ARCH=64
+build_base
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/data/linux/build64.sh b/data/linux/build64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e73f88dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/linux/build64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+MAKE_FLAGS="-j 8 HAVE_FFMPEG=false HAVE_PROJECTM=false HAVE_PULSEAUDIO=false EXTERNAL_PLUGINS=false"
+
+if [ ! -f Makefile ]; then
+  cd ../..
+fi
+
+TARGETDIR=$HOME/builds
+
+export LINUX="true"
+export CC=gcc
+export CXX=g++
+
+unset CPPFLAGS
+
+##############################################################################################
+# Complete 64bit build
+
+export CFLAGS="-O2 -m64"
+export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+export LDFLAGS="-m64"
+
+# export PATH=$TARGETDIR/carla/bin:$TARGETDIR/carla64/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$TARGETDIR/carla/lib/pkgconfig:$TARGETDIR/carla64/lib/pkgconfig
+
+make $MAKE_FLAGS
+
+##############################################################################################
+# Build 32bit bridges
+
+export CFLAGS="-O2 -m32"
+export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+export LDFLAGS="-m32"
+
+# export PATH=$TARGETDIR/carla32/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$TARGETDIR/carla32/lib/pkgconfig
+
+make posix32 $MAKE_FLAGS
+
+##############################################################################################
diff --git a/data/linux/patches/libgig_fix-build.patch b/data/linux/patches/libgig_fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ba32959e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/linux/patches/libgig_fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/src/DLS.h b/src/DLS.h
+index 065bfe6..6c9d76c 100644
+--- a/src/DLS.h
++++ b/src/DLS.h
+@@ -515,10 +515,10 @@ namespace DLS {
+             virtual void Save(const String& Path, progress_t* pProgress = NULL);
+             virtual void Save(progress_t* pProgress = NULL);
+             virtual ~File();
+-        protected:
+             typedef std::list<Sample*>     SampleList;
+             typedef std::list<Instrument*> InstrumentList;
+ 
++        protected:
+             RIFF::File*              pRIFF;
+             std::list<RIFF::File*>   ExtensionFiles;
+             SampleList*              pSamples;
+diff --git a/src/gig.cpp b/src/gig.cpp
+index 6a24f16..902e1ae 100644
+--- a/src/gig.cpp
++++ b/src/gig.cpp
+@@ -4181,7 +4181,7 @@ namespace {
+      * @param pGroup - script's new group
+      */
+     void Script::SetGroup(ScriptGroup* pGroup) {
+-        if (this->pGroup = pGroup) return;
++        if (this->pGroup == pGroup) return;
+         if (pChunk)
+             pChunk->GetParent()->MoveSubChunk(pChunk, pGroup->pList);
+         this->pGroup = pGroup;
diff --git a/data/linux/patches/linuxsampler_allow-no-drivers-build.patch b/data/linux/patches/linuxsampler_allow-no-drivers-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12a7f3875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/linux/patches/linuxsampler_allow-no-drivers-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- linuxsampler-static-1.0.0+svn2356.orig/configure.ac
++++ linuxsampler-static-1.0.0+svn2356/configure.ac
+@@ -556,21 +556,6 @@ if test "x$MAC_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR" = "x"
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(MAC_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR)
+ 
+-# have we found at least one MIDI input and one audio output driver ?
+-if test "$have_midi_input_driver" = "false"; then
+-    echo "No supported MIDI input system found!"
+-    echo "Sorry, LinuxSampler only supports the following MIDI drivers at the moment:"
+-    echo "ALSA, JACK, MIDIShare, CoreMIDI, MME."
+-    echo "If you think you have one of those available on your system, make sure you"
+-    echo "also have the respective development (header) files installed."
+-    exit -1;
+-fi
+-if test "$have_audio_output_driver" = "false"; then
+-    echo "No supported audio output system found!"
+-    echo "Sorry, LinuxSampler only supports ALSA, JACK, ARTS and ASIO as audio output"
+-    echo "driver at the moment!"
+-    exit -1;
+-fi
+ 
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/data/linux/patches/linuxsampler_disable-ladspa-fx.patch b/data/linux/patches/linuxsampler_disable-ladspa-fx.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bc4e9816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/linux/patches/linuxsampler_disable-ladspa-fx.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- linuxsampler-static-1.0.0+svn2497.orig/src/effects/LadspaEffect.cpp
++++ linuxsampler-static-1.0.0+svn2497/src/effects/LadspaEffect.cpp
+@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ static String defaultLadspaDir() {
+ 
+ std::vector<EffectInfo*> LadspaEffect::AvailableEffects() {
+     std::vector<EffectInfo*> v; // will be filled in callback function _foundLadspaDll()
++    return v;
+ 
+     char* pcLadspaPath = getenv("LADSPA_PATH");
+     String ladspaDir = pcLadspaPath ? pcLadspaPath : defaultLadspaDir();