diff --git a/src/scripts/build_vfxplatform_friction.sh b/src/scripts/build_vfxplatform_friction.sh
index b7b0c5540..c2600df74 100644
--- a/src/scripts/build_vfxplatform_friction.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/build_vfxplatform_friction.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Friction - https://friction.graphics
+#
+# Copyright (c) Friction contributors
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -57,20 +62,22 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf build-vfxplatform || true
 mkdir build-vfxplatform && cd build-vfxplatform
+
 cmake -GNinja \
 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${SDK} \
 -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${SDK} \
 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 -DUSE_ROBOTO=ON \
+-DLINUX_DEPLOY=ON \
 -DQSCINTILLA_INCLUDE_DIRS=${SDK}/include \
 -DQSCINTILLA_LIBRARIES_DIRS=${SDK}/lib \
--DQSCINTILLA_LIBRARIES=qscintilla2_friction_qt5 ..
-# -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ \
-# -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang ..
+-DQSCINTILLA_LIBRARIES=qscintilla2_friction_qt5 \
+..
+
+FRICTION_VERSION=`cat version.txt`
 cmake --build .
 
-ls -lah src/app/friction
-strip -s src/app/friction
-ls -lah src/app/friction
-ldd src/app/friction
-objdump -p src/app/friction | grep NEEDED
+FRICTION_INSTALL_DIR=friction-${FRICTION_VERSION}-Linux-x86_64-X11
+mkdir -p ${CWD}/${FRICTION_INSTALL_DIR}/opt/friction/{bin,lib,share} || true
+mkdir -p ${CWD}/${FRICTION_INSTALL_DIR}/opt/friction/plugins/{audio,generic,imageformats,platforminputcontexts,platforms,xcbglintegrations} || true
+DESTDIR=${CWD}/${FRICTION_INSTALL_DIR} cmake --build . --target install
diff --git a/src/scripts/build_vfxplatform_package_tar.sh b/src/scripts/build_vfxplatform_package_tar.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c0709a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/build_vfxplatform_package_tar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Friction - https://friction.graphics
+#
+# Copyright (c) Friction contributors
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+set -e -x
+
+CWD=`pwd`
+SDK=${SDK:-"/opt/friction"}
+FRICTION_PKG=${FRICTION_PKG:-friction-0.9.5-Linux-x86_64-X11}
+
+if [ ! -d "${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}" ]; then
+    echo "Missing Friction build"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+export PATH="${SDK}/bin:${PATH}"
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${SDK}/lib/pkgconfig"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${SDK}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+
+BIN_DIR=${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/opt/friction/bin
+LIB_DIR=${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/opt/friction/lib
+PLUG_DIR=${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/opt/friction/plugins
+
+APP_DEPENDS=`(cd ${BIN_DIR} ; ldd friction | awk '{print $3}' | grep ${SDK})`
+
+for so in ${APP_DEPENDS}; do
+    cp ${so} ${LIB_DIR}/
+done
+
+for so in ${LIB_DIR}/*.so*; do
+    DEPENDS=`ldd ${so} | awk '{print $3}'`
+    for lib in ${DEPENDS}; do
+        if [[ ${lib} == ${SDK}* ]]; then
+            cp ${lib} ${LIB_DIR}/
+        fi
+    done
+done
+
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/audio/libqtmedia_pulse.so ${PLUG_DIR}/audio/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/generic/libqevdevkeyboardplugin.so ${PLUG_DIR}/generic/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/generic/libqevdevmouseplugin.so ${PLUG_DIR}/generic/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/generic/libqevdevtabletplugin.so ${PLUG_DIR}/generic/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/generic/libqevdevtouchplugin.so ${PLUG_DIR}/generic/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/generic/libqtuiotouchplugin.so ${PLUG_DIR}/generic/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/imageformats/libqsvg.so ${PLUG_DIR}/imageformats/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/platforminputcontexts/libcomposeplatforminputcontextplugin.so ${PLUG_DIR}/platforminputcontexts/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/platforms/libqoffscreen.so ${PLUG_DIR}/platforms/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so ${PLUG_DIR}/platforms/
+cp ${SDK}/plugins/xcbglintegrations/libqxcb-glx-integration.so ${PLUG_DIR}/xcbglintegrations/
+
+for so in ${PLUG_DIR}/*/*.so; do
+    DEPENDS=`ldd ${so} | awk '{print $3}'`
+    for lib in ${DEPENDS}; do
+        if [[ ${lib} == ${SDK}* ]]; then
+            cp ${lib} ${LIB_DIR}/
+        fi
+    done
+done
+
+for so in ${LIB_DIR}/*.so*; do
+    DEPENDS=`ldd ${so} | awk '{print $3}'`
+    for lib in ${DEPENDS}; do
+        if [[ ${lib} == ${SDK}* ]]; then
+            cp ${lib} ${LIB_DIR}/
+        fi
+    done
+done
+
+HICOLOR="
+128x128
+16x16
+192x192
+22x22
+256x256
+32x32
+48x48
+64x64
+96x96
+scalable
+"
+
+mkdir -p ${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/usr/bin
+mkdir -p ${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/usr/share/mime/packages
+
+(cd ${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/usr/bin; ln -sf ../../opt/friction/bin/friction .)
+(cd ${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/usr/share/mime/packages ; ln -sf ../../../../opt/friction/share/mime/packages/friction.xml .)
+
+for icon in ${HICOLOR}; do
+    ICON_SUFFIX=png
+    if [ "${icon}" = "scalable" ]; then
+        ICON_SUFFIX=svg
+    fi
+    mkdir -p ${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${icon}/{apps,mimetypes}
+    ICON_APP_DIR=${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${icon}/apps
+    ICON_MIME_DIR=${CWD}/${FRICTION_PKG}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${icon}/mimetypes
+    (cd ${ICON_APP_DIR} ; ln -sf ../../../../../../opt/friction/share/icons/hicolor/${icon}/apps/friction.${ICON_SUFFIX} .)
+    (cd ${ICON_MIME_DIR} ; ln -sf ../../../../../../opt/friction/share/icons/hicolor/${icon}/mimetypes/application-x-friction.${ICON_SUFFIX} .)
+done
+
+cd ${CWD}
+tar cvvf ${FRICTION_PKG}.tar ${FRICTION_PKG}
+
+echo "PKG TAR DONE"