diff --git a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindFTGL.cmake b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindFTGL.cmake
index e3ac9f127..eaa85f0e9 100644
--- a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindFTGL.cmake
+++ b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindFTGL.cmake
@@ -9,11 +9,22 @@
 #
 #
 
+OPTION(WANT_STATIC_LIBS "builds as many static libs as possible" OFF)
+IF(WANT_STATIC_LIBS)
+	OPTION(FTGL_STATIC "Set to ON to link your project with static library (instead of DLL)." ON)
+ENDIF()
+
 IF (FTGL_LIBRARY AND FTGL_INCLUDE_DIR)
   SET(FTGL_FOUND "YES")
 ELSE (FTGL_LIBRARY AND FTGL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
   FIND_PATH(FTGL_INCLUDE_DIR FTGL/ftgl.h PATHS /usr/local/include /usr/include)
-  FIND_LIBRARY(FTGL_LIBRARY ftgl PATHS /usr/local/lib /usr/lib)
+
+IF (FTGL_STATIC AND NOT FTGL_LIBRARY)
+  FIND_LIBRARY(FTGL_LIBRARY NAMES libftgl.a ftgl PATHS /usr/local/lib /usr/lib)
+ELSE()
+  FIND_LIBRARY(FTGL_LIBRARY NAMES ftgl PATHS /usr/local/lib /usr/lib)
+ENDIF()
   
   IF (FTGL_INCLUDE_DIR AND FTGL_LIBRARY)
     SET(FTGL_FOUND "YES")
diff --git a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
index a3e78a6ae..43b40d5ce 100644
--- a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
+++ b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 # [RCL] FIXME: is it future proof with names like lua5.1? Kubuntu does not provide
 # a generic (version-independent) include directory for LUA...
 
+OPTION(WANT_STATIC_LIBS "builds as many static libs as possible" OFF)
+IF(WANT_STATIC_LIBS)
+	OPTION(LUA_STATIC "Set to ON to link your project with static library (instead of DLL)." ON)
+ENDIF()
+
 IF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUA_LIBRARIES)
 	#SET(LUA_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
 ENDIF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUA_LIBRARIES)
@@ -26,13 +31,23 @@ FIND_PATH(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES lua.hpp
 				$ENV{LUA_HOME}
 		)
 
-FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES lua5.1 lua
+IF (LUA_STATIC AND NOT LUA_LIBRARIES)
+	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES liblua5.1.a liblua.a lua5.1 lua
 		PATHS 
                 IF(FreeBSD)
                        SET(PATHS "/usr/local/lib/lua51")
                 ENDIF()
                 $ENV{LUA_HOME})
 
+ELSE()
+	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES lua5.1 lua
+		PATHS 
+                IF(FreeBSD)
+                       SET(PATHS "/usr/local/lib/lua51")
+                ENDIF()
+                $ENV{LUA_HOME})
+ENDIF()
+
 MESSAGE(STATUS "LUA_INC: ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "LUA_LIB: ${LUA_LIBRARIES}")
 
diff --git a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindOGG.cmake b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindOGG.cmake
index e2f22c271..2a026cca2 100644
--- a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindOGG.cmake
+++ b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindOGG.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 #  VORBIS_FILE_LIBRARY
 #
 
+OPTION(WANT_STATIC_LIBS "builds as many static libs as possible" OFF)
+IF(WANT_STATIC_LIBS)
+	OPTION(OGG_STATIC "Set to ON to link your project with static library (instead of DLL)." ON)
+ENDIF()
+
 # check for cache to avoid littering log
 IF(OGG_INCLUDE_DIR AND OGG_LIBRARY AND VORBIS_LIBRARY)
 	SET(OGG_BE_QUIET TRUE)
@@ -13,13 +18,29 @@ ENDIF(OGG_INCLUDE_DIR AND OGG_LIBRARY AND VORBIS_LIBRARY)
 
 
 FIND_PATH(OGG_INCLUDE_DIR ogg/ogg.h)
-FIND_LIBRARY(OGG_LIBRARY NAMES ogg)
-FIND_LIBRARY(VORBIS_LIBRARY NAMES vorbis)
+
+#IF (OGG_STATIC AND NOT OGG_LIBRARY)
+#	FIND_LIBRARY(OGG_LIBRARY NAMES libogg.a ogg)
+#ELSE()
+	FIND_LIBRARY(OGG_LIBRARY NAMES ogg)
+#ENDIF()
+
+#IF (OGG_STATIC AND NOT VORBIS_LIBRARY)
+#	FIND_LIBRARY(VORBIS_LIBRARY NAMES libvorbis.a vorbis)
+#ELSE()
+	FIND_LIBRARY(VORBIS_LIBRARY NAMES vorbis)
+#ENDIF()
 
 #on macosx the vorbisfile library is part of the vorbisone... 
 #IF(NOT APPLE)
 # comment above is full of lies
+
+#IF (OGG_STATIC AND NOT VORBIS_FILE_LIBRARY)
+#	FIND_LIBRARY(VORBIS_FILE_LIBRARY NAMES libvorbisfile.a vorbisfile)
+#ELSE()
 	FIND_LIBRARY(VORBIS_FILE_LIBRARY NAMES vorbisfile)
+#ENDIF()
+
 #ENDIF(NOT APPLE)
 
 IF(OGG_INCLUDE_DIR AND OGG_LIBRARY AND VORBIS_LIBRARY AND (APPLE OR VORBIS_FILE_LIBRARY))
diff --git a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindXercesC.cmake b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindXercesC.cmake
index 535ad49e4..983a9c727 100644
--- a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindXercesC.cmake
+++ b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindXercesC.cmake
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ IF (XERCESC_STATIC AND NOT XERCESC_LIBRARY)
 		ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DXERCES_STATIC_LIBRARY )
 
 		IF(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-			SET(XERCESC_LIBRARY "-Bstatic ${XERCESC_LIBRARY} -Bdynamic -licuuc -licudata")
+			#SET(XERCESC_LIBRARY "-Bstatic ${XERCESC_LIBRARY} -Bdynamic -licuuc -licudata")
+			SET(XERCESC_LIBRARY "-Bstatic ${XERCESC_LIBRARY}")
 		ENDIF()
 	ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
index 9d63bb971..9618a984a 100755
--- a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ubuntu804_32="2.6.24-27-generic"
 OSTYPE=`uname -m`
+# version=$(lsb_release -i | awk '{print $3}')
+version=`lsb_release -i | awk '{print $3}'`
+
+echo "Os = [$OSTYPE] version [$version]"
 
 if [ -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then
   sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
 elif [ -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then
   echo "=====> Using build deps for fedora 13 and above..."
   sudo yum install SDL-devel xerces-c-devel mesa-libGL-devel mesa-libGLU-devel libvorbis-devel wxBase wxGTK-devel lua-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel libcurl-devel openal-soft-devel libX11-devel libxml2-dev libircclient-dev glew-devel
-elif [ "`uname -r`" = $ubuntu804_32 ]; then
+elif [ "$OSTYPE" = "i686" ] && [ "$version" = "Ubuntu" ]; then
   echo "=====> Using build deps for old Ubuntu 8.04..."
   sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libxerces28-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libircclient-dev libglew-dev
 elif [ "$OSTYPE" = "x86_64" ]; then
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index f5b1812b9..2260013bf 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/shared_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,13 +113,18 @@ IF(BUILD_MEGAGLEST_MODEL_VIEWER OR BUILD_MEGAGLEST_MAP_EDITOR OR BUILD_MEGAGLEST
 		SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
 	ENDIF()
 
+	OPTION(WANT_STATIC_LIBS "builds as many static libs as possible" OFF)
+
+	IF(WANT_STATIC_LIBS)
+		SET(JPEG_NAMES libjpeg.a ${JPEG_NAMES}) 
+	ENDIF()
+
 	FIND_PACKAGE(JPEG REQUIRED)
 	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR})
 	IF(UNIX)
 		SET(EXTERNAL_LIBS ${EXTERNAL_LIBS} ${JPEG_LIBRARY})
 	ENDIF()
-
-	OPTION(WANT_STATIC_LIBS "builds as many static libs as possible" OFF)
+	
 	IF(WANT_STATIC_LIBS)
 		SET(PNG_NAMES libpng.a ${PNG_NAMES}) 
 	ENDIF()