diff --git a/examples/BouncingBallWavetableDemo/Builds/Linux/Makefile b/examples/BouncingBallWavetableDemo/Builds/Linux/Makefile
index d0ea1f4445..5a4a7c51ff 100644
--- a/examples/BouncingBallWavetableDemo/Builds/Linux/Makefile
+++ b/examples/BouncingBallWavetableDemo/Builds/Linux/Makefile
@@ -4,157 +4,169 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := WavetableBouncingEditor
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := WavetableBouncingEditor
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking BouncingBallWavetableDemo
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning BouncingBallWavetableDemo
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping BouncingBallWavetableDemo
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o: ../../Source/MainComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o: ../../Source/MainComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MainComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_video.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/Demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile b/examples/Demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile
index 8f73ad3b58..3876b63560 100644
--- a/examples/Demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile
@@ -4,403 +4,415 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=3.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x30000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=3.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x30000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := JuceDemo
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=3.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x30000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=3.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x30000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := JuceDemo
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MainWindow_499ac812.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/IntroScreen_73347059.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/AnimationDemo_9fc7e4e9.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/AudioLatencyDemo_78d49233.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/AudioPlaybackDemo_ea12adf6.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/AudioRecordingDemo_435914e6.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/AudioSettingsDemo_6d710bfe.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/AudioSynthesiserDemo_1b3666f6.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Box2DDemo_51053c42.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/CameraDemo_a10f7e50.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/ChildProcessDemo_2c2b949e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/CodeEditorDemo_d5c17a65.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/ComponentTransformsDemo_377f7889.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/CryptographyDemo_232d46d7.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/DialogsDemo_19d585d0.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/FontsDemo_6da1e5e9.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/GraphicsDemo_85142ef6.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/ImagesDemo_ecf13aa3.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/JavaScript_d6e42eb5.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/KeyMappingsDemo_cf05c709.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/LiveConstantDemo_e3b18a9b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/LookAndFeelDemo_25c558a3.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MDIDemo_c476c2d7.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MidiDemo_75ebc30c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MultithreadingDemo_ff566eaa.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MultiTouch_595f3a2e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/NetworkingDemo_fbd1b19f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo_fdac55da.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo2D_48eeadec.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/PropertiesDemo_8ff1a8de.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/SystemInfoDemo_984acd28.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/TimersAndEventsDemo_f2656547.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/UnitTestsDemo_5c21762.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/ValueTreesDemo_9657d84f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/VideoDemo_b55a1560.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/WebBrowserDemo_3df2dbdf.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/WidgetsDemo_fb0454.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/WindowsDemo_e8cfa428.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/XMLandJSONDemo_5bc88df3.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_box2d_95719d14.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainWindow_499ac812.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/IntroScreen_73347059.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AnimationDemo_9fc7e4e9.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioLatencyDemo_78d49233.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioPlaybackDemo_ea12adf6.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioRecordingDemo_435914e6.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioSettingsDemo_6d710bfe.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioSynthesiserDemo_1b3666f6.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Box2DDemo_51053c42.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/CameraDemo_a10f7e50.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ChildProcessDemo_2c2b949e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/CodeEditorDemo_d5c17a65.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ComponentTransformsDemo_377f7889.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/CryptographyDemo_232d46d7.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/DialogsDemo_19d585d0.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/FontsDemo_6da1e5e9.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/GraphicsDemo_85142ef6.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ImagesDemo_ecf13aa3.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/JavaScript_d6e42eb5.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/KeyMappingsDemo_cf05c709.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/LiveConstantDemo_e3b18a9b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/LookAndFeelDemo_25c558a3.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MDIDemo_c476c2d7.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MidiDemo_75ebc30c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MultithreadingDemo_ff566eaa.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MultiTouch_595f3a2e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/NetworkingDemo_fbd1b19f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo_fdac55da.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo2D_48eeadec.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/PropertiesDemo_8ff1a8de.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/SystemInfoDemo_984acd28.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/TimersAndEventsDemo_f2656547.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/UnitTestsDemo_5c21762.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ValueTreesDemo_9657d84f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/VideoDemo_b55a1560.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/WebBrowserDemo_3df2dbdf.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/WidgetsDemo_fb0454.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/WindowsDemo_e8cfa428.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/XMLandJSONDemo_5bc88df3.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_box2d_95719d14.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking JuceDemo
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning JuceDemo
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping JuceDemo
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MainWindow_499ac812.o: ../../Source/MainWindow.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainWindow_499ac812.o: ../../Source/MainWindow.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MainWindow.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/IntroScreen_73347059.o: ../../Source/IntroScreen.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/IntroScreen_73347059.o: ../../Source/IntroScreen.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling IntroScreen.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/AnimationDemo_9fc7e4e9.o: ../../Source/Demos/AnimationDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AnimationDemo_9fc7e4e9.o: ../../Source/Demos/AnimationDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling AnimationDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/AudioLatencyDemo_78d49233.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioLatencyDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioLatencyDemo_78d49233.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioLatencyDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling AudioLatencyDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/AudioPlaybackDemo_ea12adf6.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioPlaybackDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioPlaybackDemo_ea12adf6.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioPlaybackDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling AudioPlaybackDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/AudioRecordingDemo_435914e6.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioRecordingDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioRecordingDemo_435914e6.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioRecordingDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling AudioRecordingDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/AudioSettingsDemo_6d710bfe.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioSettingsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioSettingsDemo_6d710bfe.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioSettingsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling AudioSettingsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/AudioSynthesiserDemo_1b3666f6.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioSynthesiserDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/AudioSynthesiserDemo_1b3666f6.o: ../../Source/Demos/AudioSynthesiserDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling AudioSynthesiserDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Box2DDemo_51053c42.o: ../../Source/Demos/Box2DDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Box2DDemo_51053c42.o: ../../Source/Demos/Box2DDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Box2DDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/CameraDemo_a10f7e50.o: ../../Source/Demos/CameraDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/CameraDemo_a10f7e50.o: ../../Source/Demos/CameraDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling CameraDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/ChildProcessDemo_2c2b949e.o: ../../Source/Demos/ChildProcessDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ChildProcessDemo_2c2b949e.o: ../../Source/Demos/ChildProcessDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling ChildProcessDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/CodeEditorDemo_d5c17a65.o: ../../Source/Demos/CodeEditorDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/CodeEditorDemo_d5c17a65.o: ../../Source/Demos/CodeEditorDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling CodeEditorDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/ComponentTransformsDemo_377f7889.o: ../../Source/Demos/ComponentTransformsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ComponentTransformsDemo_377f7889.o: ../../Source/Demos/ComponentTransformsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling ComponentTransformsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/CryptographyDemo_232d46d7.o: ../../Source/Demos/CryptographyDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/CryptographyDemo_232d46d7.o: ../../Source/Demos/CryptographyDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling CryptographyDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/DialogsDemo_19d585d0.o: ../../Source/Demos/DialogsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/DialogsDemo_19d585d0.o: ../../Source/Demos/DialogsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling DialogsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/FontsDemo_6da1e5e9.o: ../../Source/Demos/FontsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/FontsDemo_6da1e5e9.o: ../../Source/Demos/FontsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling FontsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/GraphicsDemo_85142ef6.o: ../../Source/Demos/GraphicsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/GraphicsDemo_85142ef6.o: ../../Source/Demos/GraphicsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling GraphicsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/ImagesDemo_ecf13aa3.o: ../../Source/Demos/ImagesDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ImagesDemo_ecf13aa3.o: ../../Source/Demos/ImagesDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling ImagesDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/JavaScript_d6e42eb5.o: ../../Source/Demos/JavaScript.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/JavaScript_d6e42eb5.o: ../../Source/Demos/JavaScript.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling JavaScript.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/KeyMappingsDemo_cf05c709.o: ../../Source/Demos/KeyMappingsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/KeyMappingsDemo_cf05c709.o: ../../Source/Demos/KeyMappingsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling KeyMappingsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/LiveConstantDemo_e3b18a9b.o: ../../Source/Demos/LiveConstantDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/LiveConstantDemo_e3b18a9b.o: ../../Source/Demos/LiveConstantDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling LiveConstantDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/LookAndFeelDemo_25c558a3.o: ../../Source/Demos/LookAndFeelDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/LookAndFeelDemo_25c558a3.o: ../../Source/Demos/LookAndFeelDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling LookAndFeelDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MDIDemo_c476c2d7.o: ../../Source/Demos/MDIDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MDIDemo_c476c2d7.o: ../../Source/Demos/MDIDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MDIDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MidiDemo_75ebc30c.o: ../../Source/Demos/MidiDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MidiDemo_75ebc30c.o: ../../Source/Demos/MidiDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MidiDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MultithreadingDemo_ff566eaa.o: ../../Source/Demos/MultithreadingDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MultithreadingDemo_ff566eaa.o: ../../Source/Demos/MultithreadingDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MultithreadingDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MultiTouch_595f3a2e.o: ../../Source/Demos/MultiTouch.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MultiTouch_595f3a2e.o: ../../Source/Demos/MultiTouch.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MultiTouch.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/NetworkingDemo_fbd1b19f.o: ../../Source/Demos/NetworkingDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/NetworkingDemo_fbd1b19f.o: ../../Source/Demos/NetworkingDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling NetworkingDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo_fdac55da.o: ../../Source/Demos/OpenGLDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo_fdac55da.o: ../../Source/Demos/OpenGLDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling OpenGLDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo2D_48eeadec.o: ../../Source/Demos/OpenGLDemo2D.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/OpenGLDemo2D_48eeadec.o: ../../Source/Demos/OpenGLDemo2D.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling OpenGLDemo2D.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/PropertiesDemo_8ff1a8de.o: ../../Source/Demos/PropertiesDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/PropertiesDemo_8ff1a8de.o: ../../Source/Demos/PropertiesDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling PropertiesDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/SystemInfoDemo_984acd28.o: ../../Source/Demos/SystemInfoDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/SystemInfoDemo_984acd28.o: ../../Source/Demos/SystemInfoDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling SystemInfoDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/TimersAndEventsDemo_f2656547.o: ../../Source/Demos/TimersAndEventsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/TimersAndEventsDemo_f2656547.o: ../../Source/Demos/TimersAndEventsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling TimersAndEventsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/UnitTestsDemo_5c21762.o: ../../Source/Demos/UnitTestsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/UnitTestsDemo_5c21762.o: ../../Source/Demos/UnitTestsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling UnitTestsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/ValueTreesDemo_9657d84f.o: ../../Source/Demos/ValueTreesDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/ValueTreesDemo_9657d84f.o: ../../Source/Demos/ValueTreesDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling ValueTreesDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/VideoDemo_b55a1560.o: ../../Source/Demos/VideoDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/VideoDemo_b55a1560.o: ../../Source/Demos/VideoDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling VideoDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/WebBrowserDemo_3df2dbdf.o: ../../Source/Demos/WebBrowserDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/WebBrowserDemo_3df2dbdf.o: ../../Source/Demos/WebBrowserDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling WebBrowserDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/WidgetsDemo_fb0454.o: ../../Source/Demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/WidgetsDemo_fb0454.o: ../../Source/Demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling WidgetsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/WindowsDemo_e8cfa428.o: ../../Source/Demos/WindowsDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/WindowsDemo_e8cfa428.o: ../../Source/Demos/WindowsDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling WindowsDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/XMLandJSONDemo_5bc88df3.o: ../../Source/Demos/XMLandJSONDemo.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/XMLandJSONDemo_5bc88df3.o: ../../Source/Demos/XMLandJSONDemo.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling XMLandJSONDemo.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/BinaryData.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/BinaryData.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling BinaryData.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_box2d_95719d14.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_box2d.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_box2d_95719d14.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_box2d.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_box2d.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_opengl.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_video.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/HelloWorld/Builds/Linux/Makefile b/examples/HelloWorld/Builds/Linux/Makefile
index da1622d58e..9c09d22d56 100644
--- a/examples/HelloWorld/Builds/Linux/Makefile
+++ b/examples/HelloWorld/Builds/Linux/Makefile
@@ -4,115 +4,127 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := HelloWorld
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := HelloWorld
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking HelloWorld
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning HelloWorld
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping HelloWorld
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o: ../../Source/MainComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o: ../../Source/MainComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MainComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/MPETest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/examples/MPETest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index 549c25af42..31ead7e6de 100644
--- a/examples/MPETest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/MPETest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,157 +4,169 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := MPETest
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := MPETest
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking MPETest
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning MPETest
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping MPETest
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_opengl.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_video.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/MidiTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/examples/MidiTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index 12b7004609..7e88d199f3 100644
--- a/examples/MidiTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/MidiTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,145 +4,157 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := MidiTest
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := MidiTest
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking MidiTest
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning MidiTest
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping MidiTest
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o: ../../Source/MainComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainComponent_a6ffb4a5.o: ../../Source/MainComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MainComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/NetworkGraphicsDemo/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/examples/NetworkGraphicsDemo/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index e95df255ac..b113dbc324 100644
--- a/examples/NetworkGraphicsDemo/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/NetworkGraphicsDemo/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,163 +4,175 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := JUCE\ Network\ Graphics\ Demo
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := JUCE\ Network\ Graphics\ Demo
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking JUCE Network Graphics Demo
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning JUCE Network Graphics Demo
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping JUCE Network Graphics Demo
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/BinaryData.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/BinaryData.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling BinaryData.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_opengl.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_osc.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/OSCMonitor/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/examples/OSCMonitor/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index 40905c5373..dbca80add3 100644
--- a/examples/OSCMonitor/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/OSCMonitor/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,157 +4,169 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := OSCMonitor
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := OSCMonitor
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking OSCMonitor
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning OSCMonitor
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping OSCMonitor
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_opengl.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_osc.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_video.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/OSCReceiver/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/examples/OSCReceiver/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index ee6a4fc0e3..2c0117832e 100644
--- a/examples/OSCReceiver/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/OSCReceiver/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,121 +4,133 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := OSCReceiver
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := OSCReceiver
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking OSCReceiver
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning OSCReceiver
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping OSCReceiver
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_osc.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/OSCSender/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/examples/OSCSender/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index 7f0f27a315..1600076d3d 100644
--- a/examples/OSCSender/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/OSCSender/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,109 +4,121 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := OSCSender
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := OSCSender
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking OSCSender
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning OSCSender
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping OSCSender
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_osc.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/PlugInSamples/Surround/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/examples/PlugInSamples/Surround/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index f3d05d2d5b..6f79d67969 100644
--- a/examples/PlugInSamples/Surround/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/PlugInSamples/Surround/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,163 +4,175 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ~/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -fPIC -O0 -Wall -Wshadow -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wshadow -Wshorten-64-to-32 -Wstrict-aliasing -Wuninitialized -Wunused-parameter -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wint-conversion -Woverloaded-virtual -Wreorder -Wconstant-conversion -Wsign-conversion
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I$(HOME)/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -fPIC -O0 -Wall -Wshadow -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wshadow -Wshorten-64-to-32 -Wstrict-aliasing -Wuninitialized -Wunused-parameter -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wint-conversion -Woverloaded-virtual -Wreorder -Wconstant-conversion -Wsign-conversion
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := Surround.so
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ~/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -fPIC -O3 -Wall -Wshadow -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wshadow -Wshorten-64-to-32 -Wstrict-aliasing -Wuninitialized -Wunused-parameter -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wint-conversion -Woverloaded-virtual -Wreorder -Wconstant-conversion -Wsign-conversion
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I$(HOME)/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -fPIC -O3 -Wall -Wshadow -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wshadow -Wshorten-64-to-32 -Wstrict-aliasing -Wuninitialized -Wunused-parameter -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wint-conversion -Woverloaded-virtual -Wreorder -Wconstant-conversion -Wsign-conversion
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := Surround.so
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/SurroundProcessor_c7ed9c55.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/SurroundProcessor_c7ed9c55.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking Surround
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning Surround
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping Surround
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/SurroundProcessor_c7ed9c55.o: ../../Source/SurroundProcessor.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/SurroundProcessor_c7ed9c55.o: ../../Source/SurroundProcessor.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling SurroundProcessor.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_plugin_client_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_opengl.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_video.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/audio plugin demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile b/examples/audio plugin demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile
index fa163ac657..9725e870b1 100644
--- a/examples/audio plugin demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile	
+++ b/examples/audio plugin demo/Builds/Linux/Makefile	
@@ -4,157 +4,169 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ~/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -fPIC -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I$(HOME)/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -fPIC -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := JuceDemoPlugin.so
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ~/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -fPIC -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I$(HOME)/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -fPIC -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -Wl,--no-undefined -shared -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := JuceDemoPlugin.so
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/PluginEditor_94d4fb09.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/PluginProcessor_a059e380.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/PluginEditor_94d4fb09.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/PluginProcessor_a059e380.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking JuceDemoPlugin
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning JuceDemoPlugin
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping JuceDemoPlugin
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/PluginEditor_94d4fb09.o: ../../Source/PluginEditor.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/PluginEditor_94d4fb09.o: ../../Source/PluginEditor.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling PluginEditor.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/PluginProcessor_a059e380.o: ../../Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/PluginProcessor_a059e380.o: ../../Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling PluginProcessor.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils_35fbf7.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_plugin_client_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2_fd137df.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_plugin_client_VST2.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/examples/audio plugin host/Builds/Linux/Makefile b/examples/audio plugin host/Builds/Linux/Makefile
index 2257e6f557..06bdf5eee9 100644
--- a/examples/audio plugin host/Builds/Linux/Makefile	
+++ b/examples/audio plugin host/Builds/Linux/Makefile	
@@ -4,181 +4,193 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ~/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I$(HOME)/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := Plugin\ Host
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ~/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I$(HOME)/SDKs/VST3\ SDK -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := Plugin\ Host
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/FilterGraph_62e9c017.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/GraphEditorPanel_3dbd4872.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/HostStartup_5ce96f96.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/InternalFilters_beb54bdf.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/MainHostWindow_e920295a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/FilterGraph_62e9c017.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/GraphEditorPanel_3dbd4872.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/HostStartup_5ce96f96.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/InternalFilters_beb54bdf.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainHostWindow_e920295a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking Plugin Host
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning Plugin Host
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping Plugin Host
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/FilterGraph_62e9c017.o: ../../Source/FilterGraph.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/FilterGraph_62e9c017.o: ../../Source/FilterGraph.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling FilterGraph.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/GraphEditorPanel_3dbd4872.o: ../../Source/GraphEditorPanel.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/GraphEditorPanel_3dbd4872.o: ../../Source/GraphEditorPanel.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling GraphEditorPanel.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/HostStartup_5ce96f96.o: ../../Source/HostStartup.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/HostStartup_5ce96f96.o: ../../Source/HostStartup.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling HostStartup.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/InternalFilters_beb54bdf.o: ../../Source/InternalFilters.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/InternalFilters_beb54bdf.o: ../../Source/InternalFilters.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling InternalFilters.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/MainHostWindow_e920295a.o: ../../Source/MainHostWindow.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/MainHostWindow_e920295a.o: ../../Source/MainHostWindow.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling MainHostWindow.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_opengl.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_video.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/extras/AudioPerformanceTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/extras/AudioPerformanceTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index adb768928e..86ac13bd2a 100644
--- a/extras/AudioPerformanceTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/extras/AudioPerformanceTest/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,139 +4,151 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := AudioPerformanceTest
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := AudioPerformanceTest
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking AudioPerformanceTest
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning AudioPerformanceTest
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping AudioPerformanceTest
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_utils_c7eb679f.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_utils.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_utils.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/extras/Projucer/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index dd33a82640..76e5148d4d 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,397 +4,409 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=4.2.3 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x40203 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0 -std=c++11
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt -lcurl 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=4.2.3 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x40203 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0 -std=c++11
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := Projucer
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=4.2.3 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x40203 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3 -std=c++11
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt -lcurl 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=4.2.3 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x40203 $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3 -std=c++11
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := Projucer
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_AppearanceSettings_788d9889.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_AutoUpdater_ca658dc2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_CommandLine_f35de107.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_DocumentEditorComponent_695dff1d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_GlobalPreferences_b0f1bd3d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_Main_f8488f5b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_MainWindow_1e163aeb.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_OpenDocumentManager_4c72d210.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineClient_542e6b2d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineServer_a5a32aa5.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_SourceCodeEditor_461f5487.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler_6bec6262.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ButtonDocument_56c341cc.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentDocument_92868083.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ColouredElement_70cbc839.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElement_653460.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElementPath_908894a5.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayoutEditor_aeb44f8d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentOverlayComponent_fd508d63.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_EditingPanelBase_6c2ed9ee.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocumentEditor_2c581e26.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutineEditor_f6ac0344.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutinePanel_c309a0d7.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceEditorPanel_a558f2e2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_TestComponent_db757dc4.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_BinaryResources_e0f99b46.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayout_6ea00129.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_GeneratedCode_9ca4ef7e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocument_ff8afcc2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ObjectTypes_4406f01c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutine_e1e891ee.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_DependencyPathPropertyComponent_4d137229.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_Module_3f7666a5.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_Project_c131864a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectExporter_eefe2e5b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectSaver_38b16c25.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceFile_6af120d3.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_CodeHelpers_c317179c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_FileHelpers_f98ed0ad.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_Icons_9db2f51e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerTreeViewBase_d043309d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_MiscUtilities_25b68c82.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjucerLookAndFeel_d6c6b28a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_SlidingPanelComponent_9aa7a2ab.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_StoredSettings_26078d2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_NewFileWizard_fac97f47.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/jucer_NewProjectWizardClasses_891f6fa2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_AppearanceSettings_788d9889.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_AutoUpdater_ca658dc2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_CommandLine_f35de107.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_DocumentEditorComponent_695dff1d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_GlobalPreferences_b0f1bd3d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Main_f8488f5b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_MainWindow_1e163aeb.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_OpenDocumentManager_4c72d210.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineClient_542e6b2d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineServer_a5a32aa5.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_SourceCodeEditor_461f5487.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler_6bec6262.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ButtonDocument_56c341cc.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentDocument_92868083.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ColouredElement_70cbc839.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElement_653460.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElementPath_908894a5.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayoutEditor_aeb44f8d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentOverlayComponent_fd508d63.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_EditingPanelBase_6c2ed9ee.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocumentEditor_2c581e26.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutineEditor_f6ac0344.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutinePanel_c309a0d7.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceEditorPanel_a558f2e2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_TestComponent_db757dc4.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_BinaryResources_e0f99b46.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayout_6ea00129.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_GeneratedCode_9ca4ef7e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocument_ff8afcc2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ObjectTypes_4406f01c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutine_e1e891ee.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_DependencyPathPropertyComponent_4d137229.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Module_3f7666a5.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Project_c131864a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectExporter_eefe2e5b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectSaver_38b16c25.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceFile_6af120d3.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_CodeHelpers_c317179c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_FileHelpers_f98ed0ad.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Icons_9db2f51e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerTreeViewBase_d043309d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_MiscUtilities_25b68c82.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjucerLookAndFeel_d6c6b28a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_SlidingPanelComponent_9aa7a2ab.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_StoredSettings_26078d2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_NewFileWizard_fac97f47.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_NewProjectWizardClasses_891f6fa2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking Projucer
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning Projucer
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping Projucer
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_AppearanceSettings_788d9889.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_AppearanceSettings_788d9889.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_AppearanceSettings.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_AppearanceSettings.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_AutoUpdater_ca658dc2.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_AutoUpdater.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_AutoUpdater_ca658dc2.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_AutoUpdater.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_AutoUpdater.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_CommandLine_f35de107.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_CommandLine_f35de107.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_CommandLine.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_DocumentEditorComponent_695dff1d.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_DocumentEditorComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_DocumentEditorComponent_695dff1d.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_DocumentEditorComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_DocumentEditorComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_GlobalPreferences_b0f1bd3d.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_GlobalPreferences.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_GlobalPreferences_b0f1bd3d.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_GlobalPreferences.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_GlobalPreferences.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_Main_f8488f5b.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Main_f8488f5b.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_MainWindow_1e163aeb.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_MainWindow.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_MainWindow_1e163aeb.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_MainWindow.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_MainWindow.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_OpenDocumentManager_4c72d210.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_OpenDocumentManager.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_OpenDocumentManager_4c72d210.o: ../../Source/Application/jucer_OpenDocumentManager.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_OpenDocumentManager.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineClient_542e6b2d.o: ../../Source/LiveBuildEngine/projucer_CompileEngineClient.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineClient_542e6b2d.o: ../../Source/LiveBuildEngine/projucer_CompileEngineClient.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling projucer_CompileEngineClient.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineServer_a5a32aa5.o: ../../Source/LiveBuildEngine/projucer_CompileEngineServer.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/projucer_CompileEngineServer_a5a32aa5.o: ../../Source/LiveBuildEngine/projucer_CompileEngineServer.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling projucer_CompileEngineServer.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_SourceCodeEditor_461f5487.o: ../../Source/Code\ Editor/jucer_SourceCodeEditor.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_SourceCodeEditor_461f5487.o: ../../Source/Code\ Editor/jucer_SourceCodeEditor.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_SourceCodeEditor.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler_6bec6262.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/components/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler_6bec6262.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/components/jucer_ComponentTypeHandler.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ComponentTypeHandler.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ButtonDocument_56c341cc.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/documents/jucer_ButtonDocument.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ButtonDocument_56c341cc.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/documents/jucer_ButtonDocument.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ButtonDocument.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentDocument_92868083.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/documents/jucer_ComponentDocument.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentDocument_92868083.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/documents/jucer_ComponentDocument.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ComponentDocument.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ColouredElement_70cbc839.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/paintelements/jucer_ColouredElement.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ColouredElement_70cbc839.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/paintelements/jucer_ColouredElement.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ColouredElement.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElement_653460.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/paintelements/jucer_PaintElement.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElement_653460.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/paintelements/jucer_PaintElement.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_PaintElement.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElementPath_908894a5.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/paintelements/jucer_PaintElementPath.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintElementPath_908894a5.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/paintelements/jucer_PaintElementPath.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_PaintElementPath.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayoutEditor_aeb44f8d.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_ComponentLayoutEditor.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayoutEditor_aeb44f8d.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_ComponentLayoutEditor.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ComponentLayoutEditor.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentOverlayComponent_fd508d63.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_ComponentOverlayComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentOverlayComponent_fd508d63.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_ComponentOverlayComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ComponentOverlayComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_EditingPanelBase_6c2ed9ee.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_EditingPanelBase.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_EditingPanelBase_6c2ed9ee.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_EditingPanelBase.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_EditingPanelBase.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocumentEditor_2c581e26.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_JucerDocumentEditor.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocumentEditor_2c581e26.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_JucerDocumentEditor.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_JucerDocumentEditor.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutineEditor_f6ac0344.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_PaintRoutineEditor.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutineEditor_f6ac0344.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_PaintRoutineEditor.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_PaintRoutineEditor.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutinePanel_c309a0d7.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_PaintRoutinePanel.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutinePanel_c309a0d7.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_PaintRoutinePanel.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_PaintRoutinePanel.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceEditorPanel_a558f2e2.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_ResourceEditorPanel.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceEditorPanel_a558f2e2.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_ResourceEditorPanel.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ResourceEditorPanel.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_TestComponent_db757dc4.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_TestComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_TestComponent_db757dc4.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/ui/jucer_TestComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_TestComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_BinaryResources_e0f99b46.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_BinaryResources.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_BinaryResources_e0f99b46.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_BinaryResources.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_BinaryResources.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayout_6ea00129.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_ComponentLayout.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ComponentLayout_6ea00129.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_ComponentLayout.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ComponentLayout.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_GeneratedCode_9ca4ef7e.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_GeneratedCode.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_GeneratedCode_9ca4ef7e.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_GeneratedCode.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_GeneratedCode.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocument_ff8afcc2.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerDocument_ff8afcc2.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_JucerDocument.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ObjectTypes_4406f01c.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_ObjectTypes.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ObjectTypes_4406f01c.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_ObjectTypes.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ObjectTypes.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutine_e1e891ee.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_PaintRoutine.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_PaintRoutine_e1e891ee.o: ../../Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_PaintRoutine.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_PaintRoutine.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_DependencyPathPropertyComponent_4d137229.o: ../../Source/Project/jucer_DependencyPathPropertyComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_DependencyPathPropertyComponent_4d137229.o: ../../Source/Project/jucer_DependencyPathPropertyComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_DependencyPathPropertyComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_Module_3f7666a5.o: ../../Source/Project/jucer_Module.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Module_3f7666a5.o: ../../Source/Project/jucer_Module.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_Module.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_Project_c131864a.o: ../../Source/Project/jucer_Project.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Project_c131864a.o: ../../Source/Project/jucer_Project.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_Project.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectExporter_eefe2e5b.o: ../../Source/Project\ Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectExporter_eefe2e5b.o: ../../Source/Project\ Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ProjectExporter.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectSaver_38b16c25.o: ../../Source/Project\ Saving/jucer_ProjectSaver.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjectSaver_38b16c25.o: ../../Source/Project\ Saving/jucer_ProjectSaver.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ProjectSaver.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceFile_6af120d3.o: ../../Source/Project\ Saving/jucer_ResourceFile.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ResourceFile_6af120d3.o: ../../Source/Project\ Saving/jucer_ResourceFile.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ResourceFile.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_CodeHelpers_c317179c.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_CodeHelpers_c317179c.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_CodeHelpers.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_FileHelpers_f98ed0ad.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_FileHelpers.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_FileHelpers_f98ed0ad.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_FileHelpers.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_FileHelpers.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_Icons_9db2f51e.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_Icons.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_Icons_9db2f51e.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_Icons.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_Icons.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerTreeViewBase_d043309d.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_JucerTreeViewBase.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_JucerTreeViewBase_d043309d.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_JucerTreeViewBase.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_JucerTreeViewBase.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_MiscUtilities_25b68c82.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_MiscUtilities.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_MiscUtilities_25b68c82.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_MiscUtilities.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_MiscUtilities.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjucerLookAndFeel_d6c6b28a.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_ProjucerLookAndFeel.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_ProjucerLookAndFeel_d6c6b28a.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_ProjucerLookAndFeel.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_ProjucerLookAndFeel.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_SlidingPanelComponent_9aa7a2ab.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_SlidingPanelComponent.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_SlidingPanelComponent_9aa7a2ab.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_SlidingPanelComponent.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_SlidingPanelComponent.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_StoredSettings_26078d2c.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_StoredSettings_26078d2c.o: ../../Source/Utility/jucer_StoredSettings.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_StoredSettings.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_NewFileWizard_fac97f47.o: ../../Source/Wizards/jucer_NewFileWizard.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_NewFileWizard_fac97f47.o: ../../Source/Wizards/jucer_NewFileWizard.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_NewFileWizard.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/jucer_NewProjectWizardClasses_891f6fa2.o: ../../Source/Wizards/jucer_NewProjectWizardClasses.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/jucer_NewProjectWizardClasses_891f6fa2.o: ../../Source/Wizards/jucer_NewProjectWizardClasses.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling jucer_NewProjectWizardClasses.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/BinaryData.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/BinaryData_ce4232d4.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/BinaryData.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling BinaryData.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer b/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer
index 5fc7dd25ad..02a1ce8eb9 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Projucer.jucer
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@
     <LINUX_MAKE targetFolder="Builds/LinuxMakefile" extraCompilerFlags="-std=c++11"
                 extraLinkerFlags="" bigIcon="OCyr5F" smallIcon="" vstFolder="">
       <CONFIGURATIONS>
-        <CONFIGURATION name="Debug" libraryPath="/usr/X11R6/lib/&#10;" isDebug="1" optimisation="1"
-                       targetName="Projucer" headerPath=""/>
-        <CONFIGURATION name="Release" libraryPath="/usr/X11R6/lib/&#10;" isDebug="0"
-                       optimisation="3" targetName="Projucer" headerPath=""/>
+        <CONFIGURATION name="Debug" libraryPath="" isDebug="1" optimisation="1" targetName="Projucer"
+                       headerPath=""/>
+        <CONFIGURATION name="Release" libraryPath="" isDebug="0" optimisation="3" targetName="Projucer"
+                       headerPath=""/>
       </CONFIGURATIONS>
       <MODULEPATHS>
         <MODULEPATH id="juce_gui_extra" path="../../modules"/>
@@ -626,5 +626,6 @@
     <OSX headerPath="~/SDKs/llvm/include&#10;~/SDKs/llvm/tools/clang/include"
          enableCxx11="1" systemHeaderPath="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/c++/v1&#10;/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/clang/4.2/include"/>
     <WINDOWS enableCxx11="1"/>
+    <LINUX/>
   </LIVE_SETTINGS>
 </JUCERPROJECT>
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExport_Make.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExport_Make.h
index 4a43c7903f..e4f94e9e2e 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExport_Make.h	
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExport_Make.h	
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ public:
     static const char* getNameLinux()           { return "Linux Makefile"; }
     static const char* getValueTreeTypeName()   { return "LINUX_MAKE"; }
 
+    Value getExtraPkgConfig()                   { return getSetting (Ids::linuxExtraPkgConfig); }
+    String getExtraPkgConfigString() const      { return getSettingString (Ids::linuxExtraPkgConfig); }
+
     static MakefileProjectExporter* createForSettings (Project& project, const ValueTree& settings)
     {
         if (settings.hasType (getValueTreeTypeName()))
@@ -90,6 +93,9 @@ public:
                                                      StringArray (cppStandardNames),
                                                      Array<var>  (cppStandardValues)),
                         "The C++ standard to specify in the makefile");
+
+        properties.add (new TextPropertyComponent (getExtraPkgConfig(), "pkg-config libraries", 8192, false),
+                   "Extra pkg-config libraries for you application. Each package should be space separated.");
     }
 
     //==============================================================================
@@ -126,7 +132,6 @@ protected:
         MakeBuildConfiguration (Project& p, const ValueTree& settings, const ProjectExporter& e)
             : BuildConfiguration (p, settings, e)
         {
-            setValueIfVoid (getLibrarySearchPathValue(), "/usr/X11R6/lib/");
         }
 
         Value getArchitectureType()             { return getValue (Ids::linuxArchitecture); }
@@ -191,18 +196,36 @@ private:
         StringArray searchPaths (extraSearchPaths);
         searchPaths.addArray (config.getHeaderSearchPaths());
 
-        searchPaths.insert (0, "/usr/include/freetype2");
-        searchPaths.insert (0, "/usr/include");
+        StringArray packages;
+        packages.addTokens (getExtraPkgConfigString(), " ", "\"'");
+        packages.removeEmptyStrings();
+
+        if (linuxPackages.size() > 0 || packages.size() > 0)
+        {
+            out << " $(shell pkg-config --cflags";
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < linuxPackages.size(); ++i)
+                out << " " << linuxPackages[i];
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < packages.size(); ++i)
+                out << " " << packages[i];
+
+            out << ")";
+        }
+
+        if (linuxLibs.contains("pthread"))
+            out << " -pthread";
 
         searchPaths = getCleanedStringArray (searchPaths);
 
+        // Replace ~ character with $(HOME) environment variable
         for (int i = 0; i < searchPaths.size(); ++i)
-            out << " -I " << escapeSpaces (FileHelpers::unixStylePath (replacePreprocessorTokens (config, searchPaths[i])));
+            out << " -I" << escapeSpaces (FileHelpers::unixStylePath (replacePreprocessorTokens (config, searchPaths[i]))).replace ("~", "$(HOME)");
     }
 
     void writeCppFlags (OutputStream& out, const BuildConfiguration& config) const
     {
-        out << "  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS)";
+        out << "  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS)";
         writeDefineFlags (out, config);
         writeHeaderPathFlags (out, config);
         out << newLine;
@@ -210,7 +233,7 @@ private:
 
     void writeLinkerFlags (OutputStream& out, const BuildConfiguration& config) const
     {
-        out << "  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR)";
+        out << "  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR)";
 
         {
             StringArray flags (makefileExtraLinkerFlags);
@@ -227,12 +250,26 @@ private:
 
         out << config.getGCCLibraryPathFlags();
 
+        StringArray packages;
+        packages.addTokens (getExtraPkgConfigString(), " ", "\"'");
+        packages.removeEmptyStrings();
+
+        if (linuxPackages.size() > 0  || packages.size() > 0)
+        {
+            out << " $(shell pkg-config --libs";
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < linuxPackages.size(); ++i)
+                out << " " << linuxPackages[i];
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < packages.size(); ++i)
+                out << " " << packages[i];
+
+            out << ")";
+        }
+
         for (int i = 0; i < linuxLibs.size(); ++i)
             out << " -l" << linuxLibs[i];
 
-        if (getProject().isConfigFlagEnabled ("JUCE_USE_CURL"))
-            out << " -lcurl";
-
         StringArray libraries;
         libraries.addTokens (getExternalLibrariesString(), ";", "\"'");
         libraries.removeEmptyStrings();
@@ -257,10 +294,10 @@ private:
         }
 
         out << "ifeq ($(CONFIG)," << escapeSpaces (config.getName()) << ")" << newLine;
-        out << "  BINDIR := " << escapeSpaces (buildDirName) << newLine
-            << "  LIBDIR := " << escapeSpaces (buildDirName) << newLine
-            << "  OBJDIR := " << escapeSpaces (intermediatesDirName) << newLine
-            << "  OUTDIR := " << escapeSpaces (outputDir) << newLine
+        out << "  JUCE_BINDIR := " << escapeSpaces (buildDirName) << newLine
+            << "  JUCE_LIBDIR := " << escapeSpaces (buildDirName) << newLine
+            << "  JUCE_OBJDIR := " << escapeSpaces (intermediatesDirName) << newLine
+            << "  JUCE_OUTDIR := " << escapeSpaces (outputDir) << newLine
             << newLine
             << "  ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)" << newLine
             << "    TARGET_ARCH := " << getArchFlags (config) << newLine
@@ -269,7 +306,7 @@ private:
 
         writeCppFlags (out, config);
 
-        out << "  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH)";
+        out << "  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH)";
 
         if (config.isDebug())
             out << " -g -ggdb";
@@ -286,7 +323,7 @@ private:
         if (cppStandardToUse.isEmpty())
             cppStandardToUse = "-std=c++11";
 
-        out << "  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) "
+        out << "  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) "
             << cppStandardToUse
             << newLine;
 
@@ -304,11 +341,11 @@ private:
         out << "  TARGET := " << escapeSpaces (targetName) << newLine;
 
         if (projectType.isStaticLibrary())
-            out << "  BLDCMD = ar -rcs $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS)" << newLine;
+            out << "  BLDCMD = $(AR) -rcs $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS)" << newLine;
         else
-            out << "  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)" << newLine;
+            out << "  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)" << newLine;
 
-        out << "  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)" << newLine
+        out << "  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)" << newLine
             << "endif" << newLine
             << newLine;
     }
@@ -319,7 +356,7 @@ private:
 
         for (int i = 0; i < files.size(); ++i)
             if (shouldFileBeCompiledByDefault (files.getReference(i)))
-                out << "  $(OBJDIR)/" << escapeSpaces (getObjectFileFor (files.getReference(i))) << " \\" << newLine;
+                out << "  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/" << escapeSpaces (getObjectFileFor (files.getReference(i))) << " \\" << newLine;
 
         out << newLine;
     }
@@ -334,6 +371,16 @@ private:
             << "DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)" << newLine
             << newLine;
 
+        out << "ifndef STRIP" << newLine
+            << "  STRIP=strip" << newLine
+            << "endif" << newLine
+            << newLine;
+
+        out << "ifndef AR" << newLine
+            << "  AR=ar" << newLine
+            << "endif" << newLine
+            << newLine;
+
         out << "ifndef CONFIG" << newLine
             << "  CONFIG=" << escapeSpaces (getConfiguration(0)->getName()) << newLine
             << "endif" << newLine
@@ -347,14 +394,39 @@ private:
         out << ".PHONY: clean" << newLine
             << newLine;
 
-        out << "$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)" << newLine
+        StringArray packages;
+        packages.addTokens (getExtraPkgConfigString(), " ", "\"'");
+        packages.removeEmptyStrings();
+
+        bool useLinuxPackages = (linuxPackages.size() > 0 || packages.size() > 0);
+
+        out << "$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): "
+            << ((useLinuxPackages) ? "check-pkg-config " : "")
+            << "$(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)" << newLine
             << "\t@echo Linking " << projectName << newLine
-            << "\t-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)" << newLine
-            << "\t-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)" << newLine
-            << "\t-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)" << newLine
+            << "\t-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)" << newLine
+            << "\t-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)" << newLine
+            << "\t-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)" << newLine
             << "\t@$(BLDCMD)" << newLine
             << newLine;
 
+        if (useLinuxPackages)
+        {
+            out << "check-pkg-config:" << newLine
+                << "\t@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || "
+                "{ echo >&2 \"pkg-config not installed. Please, install it.\"; "
+                "exit 1; }" << newLine
+                << "\t@pkg-config --print-errors";
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < linuxPackages.size(); ++i)
+                out << " " << linuxPackages[i];
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < packages.size(); ++i)
+                out << " " << packages[i];
+
+            out << newLine << newLine;
+        }
+
         out << "clean:" << newLine
             << "\t@echo Cleaning " << projectName << newLine
             << "\t@$(CLEANCMD)" << newLine
@@ -362,7 +434,7 @@ private:
 
         out << "strip:" << newLine
             << "\t@echo Stripping " << projectName << newLine
-            << "\t-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)" << newLine
+            << "\t-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)" << newLine
             << newLine;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < files.size(); ++i)
@@ -371,12 +443,12 @@ private:
             {
                 jassert (files.getReference(i).getRoot() == RelativePath::buildTargetFolder);
 
-                out << "$(OBJDIR)/" << escapeSpaces (getObjectFileFor (files.getReference(i)))
+                out << "$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/" << escapeSpaces (getObjectFileFor (files.getReference(i)))
                     << ": " << escapeSpaces (files.getReference(i).toUnixStyle()) << newLine
-                    << "\t-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)" << newLine
+                    << "\t-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)" << newLine
                     << "\t@echo \"Compiling " << files.getReference(i).getFileName() << "\"" << newLine
-                    << (files.getReference(i).hasFileExtension ("c;s;S") ? "\t@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o \"$@\" -c \"$<\""
-                                                                         : "\t@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o \"$@\" -c \"$<\"")
+                    << (files.getReference(i).hasFileExtension ("c;s;S") ? "\t@$(CC) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -o \"$@\" -c \"$<\""
+                                                                         : "\t@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o \"$@\" -c \"$<\"")
                     << newLine << newLine;
             }
         }
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.cpp
index faa0934f6e..2257e3025b 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.cpp	
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.cpp	
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ String ProjectExporter::BuildConfiguration::getGCCLibraryPathFlags() const
     const StringArray libraryPaths (getLibrarySearchPaths());
 
     for (int i = 0; i < libraryPaths.size(); ++i)
-        s << " -L" << escapeSpaces (libraryPaths[i]);
+        s << " -L" << escapeSpaces (libraryPaths[i]).replace ("~", "$(HOME)");
 
     return s;
 }
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.h
index b99519ded2..15c85d744d 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.h	
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectExporter.h	
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public:
     //==============================================================================
     String makefileTargetSuffix;
     bool makefileIsDLL;
-    StringArray linuxLibs, makefileExtraLinkerFlags;
+    StringArray linuxLibs, linuxPackages, makefileExtraLinkerFlags;
 
     //==============================================================================
     String msvcTargetSuffix;
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectSaver.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectSaver.h
index 4d5307ebac..3c4255f3db 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectSaver.h	
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project Saving/jucer_ProjectSaver.h	
@@ -432,8 +432,11 @@ private:
                         out << " #define   " << f->symbol << " 1";
                     else if (value == Project::configFlagDisabled)
                         out << " #define   " << f->symbol << " 0";
-                    else
+                    else if (f->defaultValue.isEmpty())
                         out << " //#define " << f->symbol;
+                    else
+                        out << " #define " << f->symbol << " " << f->defaultValue;
+
 
                     out << newLine
                         << "#endif" << newLine
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.cpp
index ff59f9f0f4..5ee67e1dbf 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ void LibraryModule::addSettingsForModuleToExporter (ProjectExporter& exporter, P
     else if (exporter.isLinux())
     {
         parseAndAddLibs (exporter.linuxLibs, moduleInfo.moduleInfo ["linuxLibs"].toString());
+        parseAndAddLibs (exporter.linuxPackages, moduleInfo.moduleInfo ["linuxPackages"].toString());
     }
     else if (exporter.isCodeBlocks() && exporter.isWindows())
     {
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.h
index 49d2037088..3c6c524a83 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Module.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     mutable Array<File> sourceFiles;
+    OwnedArray<Project::ConfigFlag> configFlags;
 
     void addBrowseableCode (ProjectExporter&, const Array<File>& compiled, const File& localModuleFolder) const;
 };
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h
index f923408c8b..f0ac122aab 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h
@@ -278,13 +278,14 @@ public:
     //==============================================================================
     struct ConfigFlag
     {
-        String symbol, description, sourceModuleID;
+        String symbol, description, sourceModuleID, defaultValue;
         Value value;   // 1 = true, 2 = false, anything else = use default
     };
 
     static const char* const configFlagDefault;
     static const char* const configFlagEnabled;
     static const char* const configFlagDisabled;
+
     Value getConfigFlag (const String& name);
     bool isConfigFlagEnabled (const String& name) const;
 
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_PresetIDs.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_PresetIDs.h
index f9203f3323..0d60ce1127 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_PresetIDs.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_PresetIDs.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ namespace Ids
     DECLARE_ID (gradleWrapperVersion);
     DECLARE_ID (gradleToolchain);
     DECLARE_ID (gradleToolchainVersion);
+    DECLARE_ID (linuxExtraPkgConfig);
     DECLARE_ID (font);
     DECLARE_ID (colour);
     DECLARE_ID (userNotes);
diff --git a/extras/UnitTestRunner/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile b/extras/UnitTestRunner/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
index 68cd0d738b..99761d265c 100644
--- a/extras/UnitTestRunner/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
+++ b/extras/UnitTestRunner/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile
@@ -4,157 +4,169 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := UnitTestRunner
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -lGL -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama -lasound -ldl -lfreetype -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCE_UNIT_TESTS=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_6D53C8B4=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -O3
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama) -lGL -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := UnitTestRunner
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking UnitTestRunner
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors alsa freetype2 libcurl x11 xext xinerama
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning UnitTestRunner
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping UnitTestRunner
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_basics_6b797ca1.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_devices_a742c38b.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_devices.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_devices.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_formats_5a29c68a.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_formats.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_formats.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_audio_processors_dea3173d.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_audio_processors.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_audio_processors.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_cryptography_6de2ebff.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_cryptography.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_cryptography.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_data_structures_72d3da2c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_data_structures.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_data_structures.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_events_d2be882c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_events.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_events.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_graphics_9c18891e.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_graphics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_graphics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_basics_8a6da59c.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_basics.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_basics.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_gui_extra_4a026f23.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_gui_extra.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_gui_extra.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_opengl_cd70b4c2.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_opengl.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_opengl.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_osc_be4cee16.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_osc.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_osc.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_video_f128c512.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_video.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_video.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/extras/binarybuilder/Builds/Linux/Makefile b/extras/binarybuilder/Builds/Linux/Makefile
index 2e152dae8b..8fd346f614 100644
--- a/extras/binarybuilder/Builds/Linux/Makefile
+++ b/extras/binarybuilder/Builds/Linux/Makefile
@@ -4,79 +4,91 @@
 # (this disables dependency generation if multiple architectures are set)
 DEPFLAGS := $(if $(word 2, $(TARGET_ARCH)), , -MMD)
 
+ifndef STRIP
+  STRIP=strip
+endif
+
+ifndef AR
+  AR=ar
+endif
+
 ifndef CONFIG
   CONFIG=Debug
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Debug)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Debug
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DDEBUG=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags libcurl) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -g -ggdb -O0
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs libcurl) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := BinaryBuilder
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG),Release)
-  BINDIR := build
-  LIBDIR := build
-  OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
-  OUTDIR := build
+  JUCE_BINDIR := build
+  JUCE_LIBDIR := build
+  JUCE_OBJDIR := build/intermediate/Release
+  JUCE_OUTDIR := build
 
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),)
     TARGET_ARCH := -march=native
   endif
 
-  CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/freetype2 -I ../../JuceLibraryCode -I ../../../../modules
-  CFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
-  CXXFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11
-  LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(BINDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
+  JUCE_CPPFLAGS := $(DEPFLAGS) -DLINUX=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -DJUCER_LINUX_MAKE_7346DA2A=1 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION=1.0.0 -DJUCE_APP_VERSION_HEX=0x10000 $(shell pkg-config --cflags libcurl) -pthread -I../../JuceLibraryCode -I../../../../modules
+  JUCE_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS) $(JUCE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -Os
+  JUCE_CXXFLAGS += $(CXXFLAGS) $(JUCE_CFLAGS) -std=c++11
+  JUCE_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -L$(JUCE_BINDIR) -L$(JUCE_LIBDIR) -fvisibility=hidden -L/usr/X11R6/lib/ $(shell pkg-config --libs libcurl) -ldl -lpthread -lrt 
 
   TARGET := BinaryBuilder
-  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
-  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJDIR)
+  BLDCMD = $(CXX) -o $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(JUCE_LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(TARGET_ARCH)
+  CLEANCMD = rm -rf $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET) $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 endif
 
 OBJECTS := \
-  $(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
-  $(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o \
+  $(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o \
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-$(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
+$(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET): check-pkg-config $(OBJECTS) $(RESOURCES)
 	@echo Linking BinaryBuilder
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
-	-@mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_BINDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_LIBDIR)
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OUTDIR)
 	@$(BLDCMD)
 
+check-pkg-config:
+	@command -v pkg-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "pkg-config not installed. Please, install it."; exit 1; }
+	@pkg-config --print-errors libcurl
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning BinaryBuilder
 	@$(CLEANCMD)
 
 strip:
 	@echo Stripping BinaryBuilder
-	-@strip --strip-unneeded $(OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
+	-@$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(JUCE_OUTDIR)/$(TARGET)
 
-$(OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/Main_90ebc5c2.o: ../../Source/Main.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling Main.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
-$(OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
-	-@mkdir -p $(OBJDIR)
+$(JUCE_OBJDIR)/juce_core_75b14332.o: ../../JuceLibraryCode/juce_core.cpp
+	-@mkdir -p $(JUCE_OBJDIR)
 	@echo "Compiling juce_core.cpp"
-	@$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
+	@$(CXX) $(JUCE_CXXFLAGS) -o "$@" -c "$<"
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
diff --git a/modules/JUCE Module Format.txt b/modules/JUCE Module Format.txt
index 164777db08..28275691bc 100644
--- a/modules/JUCE Module Format.txt	
+++ b/modules/JUCE Module Format.txt	
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ Possible values:
     OSXFrameworks:  (Optional) A list (space or comma-separated) of OSX frameworks that are needed
                     by this module
     iOSFrameworks:  (Optional) Like OSXFrameworks, but for iOS targets
-    linuxLibs:      (Optional) A list (space or comma-separated) of static libs that should be linked in a
+    linuxLibs:      (Optional) A list (space or comma-separated) of static or dynamic libs that should be linked in a
                     linux build (these are passed to the linker via the -l flag)
+    linuxPackages:  (Optional) A list (space or comma-separated) pkg-config packages that should be used to pass
+                    compiler (CFLAGS) and linker (LDFLAGS) flags
     mingwLibs:      (Optional) A list (space or comma-separated) of static libs that should be linked in a
                     win32 mingw build (these are passed to the linker via the -l flag)
 
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_devices/juce_audio_devices.h b/modules/juce_audio_devices/juce_audio_devices.h
index a342c9cb88..51c4b599e4 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_devices/juce_audio_devices.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_devices/juce_audio_devices.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   dependencies:     juce_audio_basics, juce_audio_formats, juce_events
   OSXFrameworks:    CoreAudio CoreMIDI DiscRecording
   iOSFrameworks:    CoreAudio CoreMIDI AudioToolbox AVFoundation
-  linuxLibs:        asound
+  linuxPackages:    alsa
   mingwLibs:        winmm
 
  END_JUCE_MODULE_DECLARATION
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h b/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
index e27cdc89df..39469a0deb 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/juce_core.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
   OSXFrameworks:    Cocoa IOKit
   iOSFrameworks:    Foundation
   linuxLibs:        rt dl pthread
+  linuxPackages:    libcurl
   mingwLibs:        uuid wsock32 wininet version ole32 ws2_32 oleaut32 imm32 comdlg32 shlwapi rpcrt4 winmm
 
  END_JUCE_MODULE_DECLARATION
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@
 
 /** Config: JUCE_USE_CURL
     Enables http/https support via libcurl (Linux only). Enabling this will add an additional
-    run-time dynmic dependency to libcurl.
+    run-time dynamic dependency to libcurl.
 
     If you disable this then https/ssl support will not be available on linux.
 */
diff --git a/modules/juce_events/juce_events.h b/modules/juce_events/juce_events.h
index b2e6c5e467..1b1ce2ae5c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_events/juce_events.h
+++ b/modules/juce_events/juce_events.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   license:          GPL/Commercial
 
   dependencies:     juce_core
-  linuxLibs:        X11
+  linuxPackages:    x11
 
  END_JUCE_MODULE_DECLARATION
 
diff --git a/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h b/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h
index e367bde038..5b60e6cd9a 100644
--- a/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h
+++ b/modules/juce_graphics/juce_graphics.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   dependencies:     juce_events
   OSXFrameworks:    Cocoa QuartzCore
   iOSFrameworks:    CoreGraphics CoreText QuartzCore
-  linuxLibs:        X11 Xinerama Xext freetype
+  linuxPackages:    x11 xinerama xext freetype2
 
  END_JUCE_MODULE_DECLARATION
 
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.h b/modules/juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.h
index b0e31ed6ab..f436fa5e27 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.h
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/juce_gui_basics.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   dependencies:     juce_events juce_graphics juce_data_structures
   OSXFrameworks:    Cocoa Carbon QuartzCore
   iOSFrameworks:    UIKit
-  linuxLibs:        X11 Xinerama Xext
+  linuxPackages:    x11 xinerama xext
 
  END_JUCE_MODULE_DECLARATION