diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 416b58a..12a03f3 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,14 +24,18 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-rdynamic -mwindows -DOS_WIN32
 	EXESUFFIX=.exe
 	LIBSUFFIX=.a
+	DEPMAKEFILE=Makefile.mingw32
 endif
 
 ifeq "$(OS)" "macosx"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-rdynamic -DOS_MACOSX
+	DEPMAKEFILE=Makefile.macosx
 endif
 
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-rdynamic -DOS_LINUX
+	DEPMAKEFILE=Makefile.apt
+	LIBSUFFIX=.a
 endif
 
 ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f $(OUTDIR)/$(LIBTARGET).*
 	rm -rf docs/*
 	cd demo && for dir in $(DEMOS); do cd $$dir && make CFG=$(CFG) OS=$(OS) clean; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1 ; fi; cd .. ; done
+
 .PHONY: demos
 demos:
 	cd demo && for dir in $(DEMOS); do cd $$dir && make "ADDL_CFLAGS=$(ADDL_CFLAGS)" CFG=$(CFG) OS=$(OS); if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then exit 1 ; fi; cd .. ; done
@@ -124,4 +129,4 @@ uninstall:
 
 .PHONY: deps
 deps:
-	cd deps && make
\ No newline at end of file
+	cd deps && make -f $(DEPMAKEFILE)
diff --git a/demo/backtrace/Makefile b/demo/backtrace/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/backtrace/Makefile
+++ b/demo/backtrace/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/demo/bouncingball/Makefile b/demo/bouncingball/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/bouncingball/Makefile
+++ b/demo/bouncingball/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/demo/exploder/Makefile b/demo/exploder/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/exploder/Makefile
+++ b/demo/exploder/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/demo/explodingball/Makefile b/demo/explodingball/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/explodingball/Makefile
+++ b/demo/explodingball/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/demo/frictionball/Makefile b/demo/frictionball/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/frictionball/Makefile
+++ b/demo/frictionball/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/demo/frictionball/gmon.out b/demo/frictionball/gmon.out
index c282fa7..2183aef 100755
Binary files a/demo/frictionball/gmon.out and b/demo/frictionball/gmon.out differ
diff --git a/demo/gravity/Makefile b/demo/gravity/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/gravity/Makefile
+++ b/demo/gravity/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/demo/gravity/gmon.out b/demo/gravity/gmon.out
index 9e3adab..fabb659 100755
Binary files a/demo/gravity/gmon.out and b/demo/gravity/gmon.out differ
diff --git a/demo/helloworld/Makefile b/demo/helloworld/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/helloworld/Makefile
+++ b/demo/helloworld/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/demo/tilemap/Makefile b/demo/tilemap/Makefile
index 7dd2271..11f1cef 100755
--- a/demo/tilemap/Makefile
+++ b/demo/tilemap/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "mingw32"
 endif
 ifeq "$(OS)" "linux"
 	ADDL_CFLAGS=-DBUILD_LINUX -rdynamic
+	ADDL_LDFLAGS=-rdynamic
 endif 
 
 # default for release configs
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ ifeq "$(CFG)" "Debug"
 	CXXFLAGS=-I../../ -I$(HEADERDIR) -I./cpp  -pg -g -ggdb -gstabs -Wall -c $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(ADDL_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
-LINKLIBS=-L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
+LINKLIBS=$(ADDL_LDFLAGS) -L../../$(CFG) -L$(LIBDIR) -l$(LINKLIB) $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -lSDL_gfx -lSDL_ttf
 
 BINOBJ=$(OUTDIR)/demo.o
 
diff --git a/deps/Makefile.apt b/deps/Makefile.apt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5e8679c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/Makefile.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+all: clean packages
+#all: packages
+
+#
+.PHONY: packages
+packages: SDL SDL_image SDL_mixer SDL_ttf SDL_gfx libxml2 cmake yasm ffmpeg SDL_ffmpeg yaml-cpp
+
+.PHONY: SDL
+SDL:
+	sudo apt-get install libsdl-dev
+
+.PHONY:
+SDL_image:
+	sudo apt-get install libsdl-image1.2-dev
+
+.PHONY: SDL_mixer
+SDL_mixer:
+	sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2-dev
+
+.PHONY: SDL_ttf
+SDL_ttf:
+	sudo apt-get install libsdl-ttf2.0-dev
+
+.PHONY: SDL_gfx
+SDL_gfx:
+	sudo apt-get install libsdl-gfx1.2-dev
+
+.PHONY: cmake
+cmake:
+	sudo apt-get install cmake
+
+.PHONY: yasm
+yasm:
+	sudo apt-get install yasm
+
+.PHONY: ffmpeg
+ffmpeg:
+	wget http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.7-rc1.tar.gz
+	tar -zxvf ffmpeg-0.7-rc1.tar.gz
+	cd ffmpeg-0.7-rc1 && ./configure $(FFMPEG_CONFIGURE_FLAGS) && make && make install
+
+.PHONY: SDL_ffmpeg
+SDL_ffmpeg:
+	wget http://www.arjanhouben.nl/SDL_ffmpeg/1.3.1/SDL_ffmpeg-1.3.1.tar.gz
+	tar -zxvf SDL_ffmpeg-1.3.1.tar.gz
+	cd SDL_ffmpeg && cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" . && make
+	cp SDL_ffmpeg/lib/libSDL_ffmpeg.dll.a /usr/local/lib/
+	cp SDL_ffmpeg/include/SDL/SDL_ffmpeg.h /usr/local/include
+
+.PHONY: yaml-cpp
+yaml-cpp:
+	wget http://yaml-cpp.googlecode.com/files/yaml-cpp-0.2.6.tar.gz
+	tar -zxvf yaml-cpp-0.2.6.tar.gz
+	cd yaml-cpp && cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" . && make
+	cp -vR yaml-cpp/include/yaml-cpp /usr/local/include/
+	cp yaml-cpp/libyaml-cpp.a /usr/local/lib/
+
+.PHONY: libxml2
+libxml2:
+	sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:	
+	rm -rf *gz *zip *bz2
+	find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -iname "[a-zA-Z0-9]*" -exec rm -rf \{\} \;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile.mingw32
similarity index 99%
rename from deps/Makefile
rename to deps/Makefile.mingw32
index 14dd74f..2e53b03 100755
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile.mingw32
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include
 LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib
 
 .PHONY: packages
-packages: SDL zlib libpng libjpeg libtiff SDL_image libvorbis flac SDL_mixer freetype SDL_ttf SDL_gfx libxml2 cmake ffmpeg SDL_ffmpeg backtrace
+packages: SDL zlib libpng libjpeg libtiff SDL_image libvorbis flac SDL_mixer freetype SDL_ttf SDL_gfx libxml2 cmake ffmpeg SDL_ffmpeg backtrace yaml-cpp
 
 .PHONY: SDL
 SDL:
diff --git a/libsdlgame/Backtrace.cpp b/libsdlgame/Backtrace.cpp
index f34fbf4..c427089 100755
--- a/libsdlgame/Backtrace.cpp
+++ b/libsdlgame/Backtrace.cpp
@@ -2,23 +2,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <iostream>
-
-void RegisterStacktrace()
-{
-#ifdef __WIN32__
-  if ( LoadLibraryA("backtrace.dll") == NULL ) {
-    std::cerr << "Unable to locate backtrace.dll.\n";
-    exit(1);
-  }
-#else
-  signal(SIGSEGV, &__libsdlgame_sigsegvhandler);
-#endif
-}
-
 #ifndef __WIN32__
-
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -54,7 +38,7 @@ void __libsdlgame_show_stacktrace (void)
 void __libsdlgame_sigsegvhandler(int z)
 {
   fprintf(stderr, "Caught segmentation fault; stacktrace follows.\n");
-  print_trace();
+  __libsdlgame_show_stacktrace();
 #ifdef DEBUG_LOOPONSEGFAULT
   fprintf(stderr, "Entering infinite loop; please connect a debugger to me and then kill me.\n");
   fflush(stderr);
@@ -65,3 +49,17 @@ void __libsdlgame_sigsegvhandler(int z)
 
 #endif
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+void RegisterStacktrace()
+{
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+  if ( LoadLibraryA("backtrace.dll") == NULL ) {
+    std::cerr << "Unable to locate backtrace.dll.\n";
+    exit(1);
+  }
+#else
+  signal(SIGSEGV, &__libsdlgame_sigsegvhandler);
+#endif
+}