diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 624229a4..6de0441e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Makefile
 Makefile.Debug
 Makefile.Release
 
+buildContext
+
 # plugins #
 ###########
 
diff --git a/buildDebianPackage.sh b/buildDebianPackage.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ea624b90..00000000
--- a/buildDebianPackage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,429 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-#**********************
-#     functions
-#**********************
-
-checkUser()
-{
-  if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Please run the script as root, may be using fakeroot command as follow"
-    echo "fakeroot ./buildDebianPackage.sh [options]"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-initializeVariables()
-{
-  APPLICATION_NAME="OpenBoard"
-  MAKE_TAG=true
-  STANDARD_QT_USED=false
-
-  PRODUCT_PATH="build/linux/release/product"
-  QT_PATH="/opt/qt55"
-  PLUGINS_PATH="$QT_PATH/plugins"
-  GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH="$QT_PATH/translations"
-  QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH="$PRODUCT_PATH/qtlib"
-  QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH="$QT_PATH/lib"
-  if [ -z $ARCHITECTURE ]; then
-    ARCHITECTURE=`uname -m`
-    if [ "$ARCHITECTURE" == "x86_64" ]; then
-      ARCHITECTURE="amd64"
-    fi
-    if [ "$ARCHITECTURE" == "i686" ]; then
-      ARCHITECTURE="i386"
-    fi
-  fi
-  NOTIFY_CMD=`which notify-send`
-  QMAKE_PATH="$QT_PATH/bin/qmake"
-  LRELEASES="$QT_PATH/bin/lrelease"
-  ZIP_PATH=`which zip`
-
-}
-
-
-notifyError(){
-    if [ -e "$NOTIFY_CMD" ]; then
-        $NOTIFY_CMD -t 0 -i "/usr/share/icons/oxygen/64x64/status/dialog-error.png" "$1"
-    fi
-    printf "\033[31merror:\033[0m $1\n"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-notifyProgress(){
-    if [ -e "$NOTIFY_CMD" ]; then
-        $NOTIFY_CMD "$1" "$2"
-    fi
-    printf "\033[32m--> Achieved task:\033[0m $1:\n\t$2\n"
-}
-
-alertIfPreviousVersionInstalled(){
-    APT_CACHE=`which apt-cache`
-    if [ ! -e "$APT_CACHE" ]; then
-        notifyError "apt-cache command not found"
-    else
-        SEARCH_RESULT=`$APT_CACHE search ${APPLICATION_NAME}`
-        if [ `echo $SEARCH_RESULT | grep -c ${APPLICATION_NAME}` -ge 1 ]; then
-            notifyError "Found a previous version of ${APPLICATION_NAME}. Remove it to avoid to put it as dependency"
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-checkDir(){
-    if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
-        notifyError "Directory not found : $1"
-    fi
-}
-
-checkExecutable(){
-    if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
-        notifyError "$1 command not found"
-    fi
-}
-
-copyQtLibrary(){
-    if ls "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so" &> /dev/null; then
-        cp -P $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.? "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
-        cp -P $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.?.? "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
-        cp -P $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.?.?.? "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
-    else
-        notifyError "$1 library not found in path: $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH"
-    fi
-}
-
-
-buildWithStandardQt(){
-  # if both Qt4 and Qt5 are installed, choose Qt5
-  export QT_SELECT=5
-  STANDARD_QT=`which qmake`
-  if [ $? == "0" ]; then
-    QT_VERSION=`$STANDARD_QT --version | grep -i "Using Qt version" | sed -e "s/Using Qt version \(.*\) in.*/\1/"`
-    if [ `echo $QT_VERSION | sed -e "s/\.//g"` -gt 480 ]; then
-        notifyProgress "Standard QT" "A recent enough qmake has been found. Using this one instead of custom one"
-        STANDARD_QT_USED=true
-        QMAKE_PATH=$STANDARD_QT
-        LRELEASES=`which lrelease`
-        PLUGINS_PATH="$STANDARD_QT/../plugins"
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-buildImporter(){
-    IMPORTER_DIR="../OpenBoard-Importer/"
-    IMPORTER_NAME="OpenBoardImporter"
-    checkDir $IMPORTER_DIR
-    cd ${IMPORTER_DIR}
-
-    rm moc_*
-    rm -rf debug release
-    rm *.o
-
-    #git reset --hard
-    #git pull
-
-    $QMAKE_PATH ${IMPORTER_NAME}.pro
-    make clean
-    make -j4
-    checkExecutable $IMPORTER_NAME
-    cd -
-}
-
-#**********************
-#     script
-#**********************
-checkUser
-
-for var in "$@"
-do
-   if [ $var == "notag" ]; then
-     MAKE_TAG=false
-   fi
-# forcing a architecture because of cross compiling
-   if [ $var == "i386" ]; then
-      ARCHITECTURE="i386"
-   fi
-   if [ $var == "amd64" ]; then
-      ARCHITECTURE="amd64"
-   fi
-done
-
-initializeVariables
-#buildWithStandardQt
-
-alertIfPreviousVersionInstalled
-
-# check of directories and executables
-checkDir $QT_PATH
-checkDir $PLUGINS_PATH
-checkDir $GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH
-
-checkExecutable $QMAKE_PATH
-checkExecutable $LRELEASES
-checkExecutable $ZIP_PATH
-
-#build third party application
-buildImporter
-notifyProgress "OpenBoardImporter" "Built Importer"
-
-# cleaning the build directory
-rm -rf "build/linux/release"
-rm -rf install
-
-notifyProgress "QT" "Internalization"
-$LRELEASES ${APPLICATION_NAME}.pro
-cd $GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH
-$LRELEASES translations.pro
-cd -
-
-notifyProgress "${APPLICATION_NAME}" "Building ${APPLICATION_NAME}"
-
-if [ "$ARCHITECTURE" == "amd64" ]; then
-    $QMAKE_PATH ${APPLICATION_NAME}.pro -spec linux-g++-64
-else
-    $QMAKE_PATH ${APPLICATION_NAME}.pro -spec linux-g++
-fi
-
-make -j 4 release-install
-
-if [ ! -e "$PRODUCT_PATH/${APPLICATION_NAME}" ]; then
-    notifyError "${APPLICATION_NAME} build failed"
-fi
-
-notifyProgress "Git Hub" "Make a tag of the delivered version"
-
-VERSION=`cat build/linux/release/version`
-
-if [ ! -f build/linux/release/version ]; then
-    notifyError "version not found"
-#else
-#    LAST_COMMITED_VERSION="`git describe $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)`"
-#    if [ "v$VERSION" != "$LAST_COMMITED_VERSION" ]; then
-#        if [ $MAKE_TAG == true ]; then
-#            git tag -a "OBv$VERSION" -m "OpenBoard setup for v$VERSION"
-#            git push origin --tags
-#        fi
-#    fi
-fi
-
-cp resources/linux/run.sh $PRODUCT_PATH
-chmod a+x $PRODUCT_PATH/run.sh
-
-cp -R resources/linux/qtlinux/* $PRODUCT_PATH/
-
-notifyProgress "QT" "Copying plugins and library ..."
-cp -R $PLUGINS_PATH $PRODUCT_PATH/
-
-# copying customization
-cp -R resources/customizations $PRODUCT_PATH/
-
-# copying importer
-mkdir -p $PRODUCT_PATH/Importer
-cp -R ${IMPORTER_DIR}/${IMPORTER_NAME} $PRODUCT_PATH/Importer
-
-if [ $STANDARD_QT_USED == false ]; then
-#copying custom qt library
-  mkdir -p $QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5Core
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5Gui
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5Multimedia
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5MultimediaWidgets
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5Network
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5OpenGL
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5PrintSupport
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5Script
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5Svg
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5WebKit
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5WebKitWidgets
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5Xml
-  copyQtLibrary libQt5XmlPatterns
-fi
-
-notifyProgress "QT" "Internationalization"
-if [ ! -e $PRODUCT_PATH/i18n ]; then
-    mkdir $PRODUCT_PATH/i18n
-fi
-#copying qt gui translation
-cp $GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH/qt_??.qm $PRODUCT_PATH/i18n/
-
-rm -rf install/linux
-mkdir -p install/linux
-
-#Removing .svn directories ...
-cd $PRODUCT_PATH
-find . -name .svn -exec rm -rf {} \; 2> /dev/null
-cd -
-
-notifyProgress "Building ${APPLICATION_NAME}" "Finished to build ${APPLICATION_NAME} building the package"
-
-BASE_WORKING_DIR="packageBuildDir"
-
-#creating package directory
-mkdir $BASE_WORKING_DIR
-mkdir "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN"
-mkdir -p "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/share/applications"
-mkdir -p "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/local"
-
-
-cat > "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/prerm" << EOF
-#!/bin/bash
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/${APPLICATION_NAME}.desktop
-exit 0
-#DEBHELPER#
-EOF
-
-cat > "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/postinst" << EOF
-#!/bin/bash
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor /usr/share/applications/${APPLICATION_NAME}.desktop
-exit 0
-#DEBHELPER#
-EOF
-
-
-APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_NAME="${APPLICATION_NAME}-$VERSION"
-PACKAGE_DIRECTORY="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/local/$APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_NAME"
-#move build directory to packages directory
-cp -R $PRODUCT_PATH $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
-
-
-cat > $BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/local/$APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_NAME/run.sh << EOF
-#!/bin/bash
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/$APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_NAME/qtlib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/$APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_NAME/${APPLICATION_NAME}
-EOF
-
-
-CHANGE_LOG_FILE="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/changelog-${APPLICATION_NAME}-$VERSION.txt"
-CONTROL_FILE="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/control"
-CHANGE_LOG_TEXT="changelog.txt"
-
-echo "${APPLICATION_NAME} ($VERSION) $ARCHITECTURE; urgency=low" > "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
-echo >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
-cat $CHANGE_LOG_TEXT >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
-echo >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
-echo "-- Claudio Valerio <claudio.valerio@oe-f.org>  `date`" >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
-
-echo "Package: ${APPLICATION_NAME}" > "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Version: $VERSION" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Section: education" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Priority: optional" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Architecture: $ARCHITECTURE" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Essential: no" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Installed-Size: `du -s $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY | awk '{ print $1 }'`" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Maintainer: ${APPLICATION_NAME} Developers team <dev@oe-f.org>" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Homepage: http://www.openboard.org" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo -n "Depends: " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-unset tab
-declare -a tab
-let count=0
-for l in `objdump -p $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/${APPLICATION_NAME} | grep NEEDED | awk '{ print $2 }'`; do
-    for lib in `dpkg -S  $l | awk -F":" '{ print $1 }'`; do
-        #echo $lib
-        presence=`echo ${tab[*]} | grep -c "$lib"`;
-        if [ "$presence" == "0" ]; then
-            tab[$count]=$lib;
-            ((count++));
-        fi;
-    done;
-done;
-
-for ((i=0;i<${#tab[@]};i++)); do
-    if [ $i -ne "0" ]; then
-        echo -n ",    " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-    fi
-    echo -n "${tab[$i]} (>= "`dpkg -p ${tab[$i]} | grep "Version: " | awk '{      print $2 }' | sed -e 's/\([:. 0-9?]*\).*/\1/g' | sed -e 's/\.$//'`") " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-done
-echo -n ",  onboard" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-echo "Description: This a interactive white board that uses a free standard format." >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
-
-find $BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/ -exec md5sum {} > $BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/md5sums 2>/dev/null \;
-APPLICATION_SHORTCUT="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/share/applications/${APPLICATION_NAME}.desktop"
-echo "[Desktop Entry]" > $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Version=$VERSION" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Encoding=UTF-8" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Name=${APPLICATION_NAME} ($VERSION)" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "GenericName=${APPLICATION_NAME}" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Comment=Logiciel de création de présentations pour tableau numérique interactif (TNI)" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Exec=/usr/local/$APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_NAME/run.sh" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Icon=/usr/local/$APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_NAME/${APPLICATION_NAME}.png" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "StartupNotify=true" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Terminal=false" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Type=Application" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-echo "Categories=Education;" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
-cp "resources/images/${APPLICATION_NAME}.png" "$PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/${APPLICATION_NAME}.png"
-chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN"
-chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/prerm"
-chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/postinst"
-
-mkdir -p "install/linux"
-DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME="${APPLICATION_NAME}_`lsb_release -is`_`lsb_release -rs`_${VERSION}_$ARCHITECTURE.deb"
-
-chown -R root:root $BASE_WORKING_DIR
-dpkg -b "$BASE_WORKING_DIR" "install/linux/$DEBIAN_PACKAGE_NAME"
-
-#clean up mess
-rm -rf $BASE_WORKING_DIR
-
-notifyProgress "${APPLICATION_NAME}" "Package built"
-
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/release_scripts/linux/build.sh b/release_scripts/linux/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..81ab8780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_scripts/linux/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+initializeVariables()
+{
+  APPLICATION_NAME="OpenBoard"
+  STANDARD_QT_USED=false
+
+  # Root directory
+  PROJECT_ROOT="`pwd`/../.."
+  BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/build/linux/release"
+  PRODUCT_PATH="$BUILD_DIR/product"
+
+  # Qt installation path. This may vary across machines
+  QT_PATH="/opt/qt55"
+  PLUGINS_PATH="$QT_PATH/plugins"
+  GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH="$QT_PATH/translations"
+  QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH="$PRODUCT_PATH/qtlib"
+  QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH="$QT_PATH/lib"
+  QMAKE_PATH="$QT_PATH/bin/qmake"
+  LRELEASES="$QT_PATH/bin/lrelease"
+
+  NOTIFY_CMD=`which notify-send`
+  ZIP_PATH=`which zip`
+
+  if [ -z $ARCHITECTURE ]; then
+    ARCHITECTURE=`uname -m`
+    if [ $ARCHITECTURE == "x86_64" ]; then
+        ARCHITECTURE="amd64"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+notifyError(){
+    if [ -e "$NOTIFY_CMD" ]; then
+        $NOTIFY_CMD -t 0 -i "/usr/share/icons/oxygen/64x64/status/dialog-error.png" "$1"
+    fi
+    printf "\033[31merror:\033[0m $1\n"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+notifyProgress(){
+    if [ -e "$NOTIFY_CMD" ]; then
+        $NOTIFY_CMD "$1" "$2"
+    fi
+    printf "\033[32m--> Achieved task:\033[0m $1:\n\t$2\n"
+}
+
+checkDir(){
+    if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
+        notifyError "Directory not found : $1"
+    fi
+}
+
+checkExecutable(){
+    if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
+        notifyError "$1 command not found"
+    fi
+}
+
+buildWithStandardQt(){
+  # if both Qt4 and Qt5 are installed, choose Qt5
+  export QT_SELECT=5
+  STANDARD_QT=`which qmake`
+  if [ $? == "0" ]; then
+    QT_VERSION=`$STANDARD_QT --version | grep -i "Using Qt version" | sed -e "s/Using Qt version \(.*\) in.*/\1/"`
+    if [ `echo $QT_VERSION | sed -e "s/\.//g"` -gt 480 ]; then
+        notifyProgress "Standard QT" "A recent enough qmake has been found. Using this one instead of custom one"
+        STANDARD_QT_USED=true
+        QMAKE_PATH=$STANDARD_QT
+        LRELEASES=`which lrelease`
+        PLUGINS_PATH="$STANDARD_QT/../plugins"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+buildImporter(){
+    IMPORTER_DIR="../OpenBoard-Importer/"
+    IMPORTER_NAME="OpenBoardImporter"
+    checkDir $IMPORTER_DIR
+    cd ${IMPORTER_DIR}
+
+    rm moc_*
+    rm -rf debug release
+    rm *.o
+
+    notifyProgress "Building importer"
+
+    $QMAKE_PATH ${IMPORTER_NAME}.pro
+    make clean
+    make -j4
+    checkExecutable $IMPORTER_NAME
+    cd -
+}
+
+createBuildContext() {
+    BUILD_CONTEXT="buildContext"
+    echo $ARCHITECTURE > $BUILD_CONTEXT
+}
+
+
+
+# Check command-line arguments to force an architecture
+
+for var in "$@"
+do
+   if [ $var == "i386" ]; then
+      ARCHITECTURE="i386"
+   fi
+   if [ $var == "amd64" ]; then
+      ARCHITECTURE="amd64"
+   fi
+done
+
+
+initializeVariables
+#buildWithStandardQt
+createBuildContext
+
+cd $PROJECT_ROOT
+
+# check of directories and executables
+checkDir $QT_PATH
+checkDir $PLUGINS_PATH
+checkDir $GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH
+
+checkExecutable $QMAKE_PATH
+checkExecutable $LRELEASES
+checkExecutable $ZIP_PATH
+
+#build third party application
+buildImporter
+notifyProgress "OpenBoardImporter" "Built Importer"
+
+
+# cleaning the build directory
+rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
+
+# Generate translations
+notifyProgress "QT" "Internationalization"
+$LRELEASES ${APPLICATION_NAME}.pro
+cd $GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH
+$LRELEASES translations.pro
+cd -
+
+notifyProgress "${APPLICATION_NAME}" "Building ${APPLICATION_NAME}"
+
+if [ "$ARCHITECTURE" == "amd64" ] || [ "$ARCHITECTURE" == "x86_64" ]; then
+    $QMAKE_PATH ${APPLICATION_NAME}.pro -spec linux-g++-64
+else
+    $QMAKE_PATH ${APPLICATION_NAME}.pro -spec linux-g++
+fi
+
+
+make -j4 release-install
+
+if [ ! -e "$PRODUCT_PATH/${APPLICATION_NAME}" ]; then
+    notifyError "${APPLICATION_NAME} build failed"
+else
+    notifyProgress "Finished building OpenBoard. You may now run the packaging script."
+fi
diff --git a/release_scripts/linux/debian_package_files/postinst b/release_scripts/linux/debian_package_files/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd388664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_scripts/linux/debian_package_files/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+xdg-mime install --mode system /opt/openboard/etc/openboard-ubz.xml
+xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor /usr/share/applications/openboard.desktop
+xdg-mime default /usr/share/applications/openboard.desktop application/ubz
+
+ln -s /opt/openboard/run.sh /usr/bin/openboard
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/release_scripts/linux/debian_package_files/prerm b/release_scripts/linux/debian_package_files/prerm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b1612c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_scripts/linux/debian_package_files/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/openboard.desktop
+rm -f /usr/bin/openboard
+exit 0
diff --git a/release_scripts/linux/package.sh b/release_scripts/linux/package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..660ca553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_scripts/linux/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Packaging script for OpenBoard, for Debian-compatible distributions. 
+#
+# This should be run after `build.sh`.
+#
+# The generated package structure is as follows : 
+#
+#    DEBIAN/
+#    | control
+#    | md5sums
+#    | prerm
+#    | postinst
+#    usr/
+#    | bin/
+#    | | openboard <-- actually a symlink to run.sh
+#    | share/
+#    | | applications/
+#    | | | openboard.desktop
+#    opt/
+#    | openboard/
+#    | | importer/
+#    | | library/
+#    | | etc/
+#    | | qtlib/
+#    | | plugins/
+#    | | OpenBoard
+#    | | OpenBoard.png
+#    | | qt.conf
+#    | | run.sh
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+checkUser()
+{
+  if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Please run the script as root" 
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+checkBuild() 
+{
+  if [ -z "$ARCHITECTURE" ]; then
+    echo "Make sure you have built the software first using ./build.sh"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+notifyError(){
+    if [ -e "$NOTIFY_CMD" ]; then
+        $NOTIFY_CMD -t 0 -i "/usr/share/icons/oxygen/64x64/status/dialog-error.png" "$1"
+    fi
+    printf "\033[31merror:\033[0m $1\n"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+notifyProgress(){
+    if [ -e "$NOTIFY_CMD" ]; then
+        $NOTIFY_CMD "$1" "$2"
+    fi
+    printf "\033[32m--> \033[0m $1:\n\t$2\n"
+}
+
+copyQtLibrary(){
+    echo -e "\t $1"
+    if ls "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so" &> /dev/null; then
+        cp -P $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.? "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
+        cp -P $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.?.? "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
+        cp -P $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.?.?.? "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
+
+        strip $QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/$1.so.?.?.?
+        chmod 644 $QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/$1.so.?.?.? # 644 = rw-r-r
+    else
+        notifyError "$1 library not found in path: $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH"
+    fi
+}
+
+copyQtPlugin(){
+    echo -e "\t $1"
+    if ls "$QT_PLUGINS_SOURCE_PATH/$1" &> /dev/null; then
+        cp -r $QT_PLUGINS_SOURCE_PATH/$1 $QT_PLUGINS_DEST_PATH/
+
+        strip $QT_PLUGINS_DEST_PATH/$1/*
+        chmod 644 $QT_PLUGINS_DEST_PATH/$1/* # 644 = rw-r-r
+
+    else
+        notifyError "$1 plugin not found in path: $QT_PLUGINS_SOURCE_PATH"
+    fi
+}
+
+initializeVariables()
+{
+  # This script's path
+  SCRIPT_PATH=`pwd` 
+
+  PROJECT_ROOT="$SCRIPT_PATH/../.."
+
+  # Where the application was built (see build.sh)
+  BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/build/linux/release"
+  PRODUCT_PATH="$BUILD_DIR/product"
+  IMPORTER_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/../OpenBoard-Importer/"
+  IMPORTER_NAME="OpenBoardImporter"
+
+  # Where the package is built to
+  PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/install"
+
+  # Temporary folder, where we put all the files that will be built into the
+  # package
+  BASE_WORKING_DIR="debianPackage"
+
+  APPLICATION_NAME="OpenBoard"
+  APPLICATION_CODE="openboard"
+  APPLICATION_PATH="opt"
+
+  PACKAGE_DIRECTORY=$BASE_WORKING_DIR/$APPLICATION_PATH/$APPLICATION_CODE
+  QT_PLUGINS_DEST_PATH="$PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/plugins"
+  QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH="$PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/qtlib"
+
+  DESKTOP_FILE_PATH="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/share/applications"
+  APPLICATION_SHORTCUT="$DESKTOP_FILE_PATH/${APPLICATION_CODE}.desktop"
+
+  DESCRIPTION="OpenBoard, an interactive white board application"
+  VERSION=`cat $BUILD_DIR/version`
+  ARCHITECTURE=`cat buildContext`
+
+  # Qt installation path. This may vary across machines
+  QT_PATH="/opt/qt55"
+  QT_PLUGINS_SOURCE_PATH="$QT_PATH/plugins"
+  GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH="$QT_PATH/translations"
+  QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH="/home/craig/openboard/qtlib"
+
+  NOTIFY_CMD=`which notify-send`
+  ZIP_PATH=`which zip`
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copying the application, libs etc. to the temporary working directory
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+initializeVariables
+
+checkBuild
+checkUser
+
+cd $PROJECT_ROOT
+
+rm -rf $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
+mkdir -p $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
+
+rm -rf $PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR
+
+
+notifyProgress "Copying product directory and resources"
+cp -R $PRODUCT_PATH/* $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
+chown -R root:root $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
+
+cp resources/linux/run.sh $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
+chmod a+x $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/run.sh
+
+cp -R resources/customizations $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/
+cp -R resources/linux/qtlinux/* $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/
+cp resources/linux/openboard-ubz.xml $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/etc/
+
+notifyProgress "Copying importer"
+mkdir -p $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/importer
+cp -R "$IMPORTER_DIR/$IMPORTER_NAME" "$PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/importer"
+
+notifyProgress "Stripping importer and main executable"
+strip $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/$APPLICATION_NAME
+strip $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/importer/$IMPORTER_NAME
+
+notifyProgress "Copying and stripping Qt plugins"
+mkdir -p $QT_PLUGINS_DEST_PATH
+copyQtPlugin audio
+copyQtPlugin generic
+copyQtPlugin iconengines
+copyQtPlugin imageformats
+copyQtPlugin mediaservice
+copyQtPlugin platforminputcontexts
+copyQtPlugin platforms
+copyQtPlugin platformthemes
+copyQtPlugin position
+copyQtPlugin printsupport
+copyQtPlugin qtwebengine
+copyQtPlugin sceneparsers
+copyQtPlugin xcbglintegrations
+
+notifyProgress "Copying and stripping Qt libraries"
+mkdir -p $QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Core
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Gui
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Multimedia
+copyQtLibrary libQt5MultimediaWidgets
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Network
+copyQtLibrary libQt5OpenGL
+copyQtLibrary libQt5PrintSupport
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Script
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Svg
+copyQtLibrary libQt5WebChannel
+copyQtLibrary libQt5WebKit
+copyQtLibrary libQt5WebKitWidgets
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Widgets
+copyQtLibrary libQt5XcbQpa
+copyQtLibrary libQt5Xml
+copyQtLibrary libQt5XmlPatterns
+
+notifyProgress "Copying Qt translations"
+mkdir -p $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/i18n
+cp $GUI_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY_PATH/qt_??.qm $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/i18n/
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DEBIAN directory of package (control, md5sums, postinst etc)
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+notifyProgress "Generating control files for package"
+
+mkdir -p "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN"
+
+# Copy prerm, postinst scripts
+cp -r "$SCRIPT_PATH/debian_package_files/prerm" "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/"
+cp -r "$SCRIPT_PATH/debian_package_files/postinst" "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/"
+chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/prerm"
+chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/postinst"
+
+# Generate md5 sums of everything in the application path (e.g /opt) and the desktop entry
+find $BASE_WORKING_DIR/$APPLICATION_PATH/ -exec md5sum {} > $BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/md5sums 2>/dev/null \;
+find $DESKTOP_FILE_PATH/ -exec md5sum {} > $BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/md5sums 2>/dev/null \;
+
+# Generate control file
+CONTROL_FILE="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/control"
+
+echo "Package: ${APPLICATION_CODE}" > "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Version: $VERSION" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Section: education" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Priority: optional" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Architecture: $ARCHITECTURE" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Essential: no" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Installed-Size: `du -s $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY | awk '{ print $1 }'`" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Maintainer: ${APPLICATION_NAME} Developers team <dev@openboard.ch>" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Homepage: https://github.com/DIP-SEM/OpenBoard" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+
+# Generate dependency list
+echo -n "Depends: " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+#echo -n "libpaper1, zlib1g (>= 1.2.8), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.1), libx11-6, libgl1-mesa-glx, libc6 (>= 2.19), libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.4), libgomp1, onboard" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+
+unset tab
+declare -a tab
+let count=0
+for l in `objdump -p $PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/${APPLICATION_NAME} | grep NEEDED | awk '{ print $2 }'`; do
+    for lib in `dpkg -S  $l | grep -v "libqt5" | grep -v "qt55" | awk -F":" '{ print $1 }'`; do
+        presence=`echo ${tab[*]} | grep -c "$lib"`;
+        if [ "$presence" == "0" ]; then
+            tab[$count]=$lib;
+            ((count++));
+        fi;
+    done;
+done;
+
+for ((i=0;i<${#tab[@]};i++)); do
+    if [ $i -ne "0" ]; then
+        echo -n ",    " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+    fi
+    echo -n "${tab[$i]} (>= "`dpkg -p ${tab[$i]} | grep "Version: " | awk '{      print $2 }' | sed -e 's/\([:. 0-9?]*\).*/\1/g' | sed -e 's/\.$//'`") " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+done
+echo -n ",  onboard" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+
+echo "" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# .desktop file
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+mkdir -p $DESKTOP_FILE_PATH
+echo "[Desktop Entry]" > $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Version=$VERSION" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Encoding=UTF-8" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Name=${APPLICATION_NAME}" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Comment=$DESCRIPTION" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+#echo "Exec=$APPLICATION_PATH/$APPLICATION_CODE/run.sh" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Exec=$APPLICATION_CODE %f" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Icon=/$APPLICATION_PATH/$APPLICATION_CODE/${APPLICATION_NAME}.png" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "StartupNotify=true" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Terminal=false" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Type=Application" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "MimeType=application/ubz;" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+echo "Categories=Education;" >> $APPLICATION_SHORTCUT
+cp "resources/images/${APPLICATION_NAME}.png" "$PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/${APPLICATION_NAME}.png"
+
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Building the package
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+notifyProgress "Building package"
+mkdir -p "$PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR/linux"
+PACKAGE_NAME="${APPLICATION_NAME}_`lsb_release -is`_`lsb_release -rs`_${VERSION}_$ARCHITECTURE.deb"
+PACKAGE_NAME=`echo "$PACKAGE_NAME" | awk '{print tolower($0)}'`
+
+dpkg -b "$BASE_WORKING_DIR" "$PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR/linux/$PACKAGE_NAME"
+
+#clean up mess
+rm -rf $BASE_WORKING_DIR
+
+notifyProgress "${APPLICATION_NAME}" "Package built"
+
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/OpenBoard.packproj b/release_scripts/osx/OpenBoard.packproj
similarity index 100%
rename from OpenBoard.packproj
rename to release_scripts/osx/OpenBoard.packproj
diff --git a/release.macx.sh b/release_scripts/osx/release.macx.sh
similarity index 96%
rename from release.macx.sh
rename to release_scripts/osx/release.macx.sh
index b3a0d3a4..4d0b1ea3 100755
--- a/release.macx.sh
+++ b/release_scripts/osx/release.macx.sh
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+SCRIPT_PATH="`pwd`"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$SCRIPT_PATH/../.."
+
 
 APPLICATION_NAME="OpenBoard"
 BASE_QT_DIR=~/Qt/5.5/clang_64
 # Executables
 QMAKE=$BASE_QT_DIR/bin/qmake
 MACDEPLOYQT=$BASE_QT_DIR/bin/macdeployqt
-DMGUTIL="`pwd`/../OpenBoard-ThirdParty/refnum/dmgutil/dmgutil.pl"
+DMGUTIL="$PROJECT_ROOT/../OpenBoard-ThirdParty/refnum/dmgutil/dmgutil.pl"
 DSYMUTIL=/usr/bin/dsymutil
 STRIP=/usr/bin/strip
 PLISTBUDDY=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ ICEBERG=/usr/local/bin/freeze
 LRELEASE=$BASE_QT_DIR/bin/lrelease
 
 # Directories
-BUILD_DIR="build/macx/release"
+BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/build/macx/release"
 PRODUCT_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/product"
 BASE_QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY=$BASE_QT_DIR/translations
 
@@ -106,6 +109,8 @@ trap "defaults write org.oe-f.OpenBoard.release Running -bool NO" EXIT
 
 notify "Running OpenBoard release script (`date`)"
 
+cd $PROJECT_ROOT
+
 script_is_running=`defaults read org.oe-f.OpenBoard.release Running 2>/dev/null`
 if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && [[ "$script_is_running" = "1" ]]; then
     trap EXIT
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ $DSYMUTIL "$APP/Contents/MacOS/$APPLICATION_NAME" -o "$DSYM"
 $STRIP -S "$APP/Contents/MacOS/$APPLICATION_NAME"
 
 if [ "$1" == "pkg" ]; then
-    BASE_ICEBERG_CONFIG_FILE="$APPLICATION_NAME.packproj"
+    BASE_ICEBERG_CONFIG_FILE="$SCRIPT_PATH/$APPLICATION_NAME.packproj"
     #copy the standard file for working with
     ICEBERG_CONFIG_FILE="$APPLICATION_NAME-working.packproj"
     cp -r $BASE_ICEBERG_CONFIG_FILE $ICEBERG_CONFIG_FILE
diff --git a/OpenBoard.iss b/release_scripts/windows/OpenBoard.iss
similarity index 100%
rename from OpenBoard.iss
rename to release_scripts/windows/OpenBoard.iss
diff --git a/release.win7.vc9.bat b/release_scripts/windows/release.win7.vc9.bat
similarity index 93%
rename from release.win7.vc9.bat
rename to release_scripts/windows/release.win7.vc9.bat
index 0052307f..2f2c1efd 100644
--- a/release.win7.vc9.bat
+++ b/release_scripts/windows/release.win7.vc9.bat
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ REM You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 REM along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+set SCRIPT_PATH=%~dp0
+set PROJECT_ROOT=%SCRIPT_PATH%\..\..
 
 set APPLICATION_NAME=OpenBoard
 set QT_DIR=C:\Qt\5.5\msvc2010
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ set GIT_BIN=%PROGRAMS_FILE_PATH%\Git\bin
 set VS_BIN=%PROGRAMS_FILE_PATH%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin
 set WIN_SDK_BIN=%PROGRAMS_FILE_PATH%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin
 set INNO_EXE=%PROGRAMS_FILE_PATH%\Inno Setup 5\iscc.exe 
-set BUILD_DIR=build\win32\release
+set BUILD_DIR=%PROJECT_ROOT%\build\win32\release
 set LRELEASE=%QT_DIR%\bin\lrelease
 set BASE_QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIRECTORY=%QT_DIR%\translations
 
@@ -35,11 +37,14 @@ call "%VS_BIN%\vcvars32.bat"
 
 echo %PATH%
 
+cd %PROJECT_ROOT%
+
 REM Third party impoter application
 set IMPORTER_NAME=OpenBoardImporter
 set IMPORTER_PATH="..\OpenBoard-Importer"
 
 IF NOT EXIST "%IMPORTER_PATH%" GOTO EXIT_WITH_ERROR
+
 set HOME_DIR="%cd%"
 cd %IMPORTER_PATH%
 IF EXIST "release" (del "release\*.*" /Q)
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ del build\win32\release\product\i18n\qt_help*
 del "build\win32\release\product\%APPLICATION_NAME%.pdb"
 
 
-call "%INNO_EXE%" "%APPLICATION_NAME%.iss" /F"%APPLICATION_NAME%_Installer_%VERSION%"
+call "%INNO_EXE%" "%SCRIPT_PATH%\%APPLICATION_NAME%.iss" /F"%APPLICATION_NAME%_Installer_%VERSION%"
 
 GOTO END
 
diff --git a/resources/linux/openboard-ubz.xml b/resources/linux/openboard-ubz.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cda36e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/linux/openboard-ubz.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
+  <mime-type type="application/ubz">
+    <comment>OpenBoard document file</comment>
+    <comment xml:lang="fr">Document OpenBoard</comment>
+    <glob pattern="*.ubz"/>
+  </mime-type>
+</mime-info>
diff --git a/resources/linux/run.sh b/resources/linux/run.sh
index a9c1a4a5..b84a92fd 100644
--- a/resources/linux/run.sh
+++ b/resources/linux/run.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,15 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/qtlib:$PWD/plugins/cffadaptor:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./Open-Sankore 
+# Directory of the script
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do
+  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+  [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE"
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+
+# Add custom libraries to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+# TODO: Remomve the need for this
+env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DIR/qtlib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $DIR/OpenBoard
diff --git a/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp b/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp
index 21220bb5..1f0c2db5 100644
--- a/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/UBOpenSankoreImporter.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void UBOpenSankoreImporter::onProceedClicked()
 {
     QProcess newProcess;
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
-    newProcess.startDetached(qApp->applicationDirPath()+"/Importer/OpenBoardImporter");
+    newProcess.startDetached(qApp->applicationDirPath()+"/importer/OpenBoardImporter");
 #elif defined Q_OS_OSX
     newProcess.startDetached(qApp->applicationDirPath()+"/../Resources/OpenBoardImporter.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenBoardImporter");
 #else