diff --git a/README b/README
index e4d6750..769437c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ compiling on ubuntu
 -------------------
 you will need at least the following packages to compile fiat lux:
 scons libboost-system-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
-libaubio-dev libeigen2-dev \
-libjack-dev libjack-jackd2-dev python-qt4 python-qt4-gl python-cython libglu1-mesa-dev \
+libaubio-dev libeigen2-dev libcv-dev libhighgui-dev\
+libjack-dev libjack-jackd2-dev python-qt4 python-qt4-gl python-cython libglu1-mesa-dev pyqt4-dev-tools \
 jackd cmake libncurses5 yasm pyqt4-dev-tools \
 libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev ffmpeg
 libglu1-mesa-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libqt4-dev libavformat-dev
+libasound2-dev #to shut up midiview example
 
 if you're running maverick you'll need to compile cython-0.14 from source since 0.12 is the latest package
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ if you're running maverick you'll need to compile cython-0.14 from source since
 to start compiling lux, type:
 scons
 
+export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/fenn/code/Fiat-Lux/:/home/fenn/code/Fiat-Lux/xenon/Python/:/home/fenn/code/Fiat-Lux/openlase/python/
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/fenn/code/Fiat-Lux/openlase/libol/:/home/fenn/code/Fiat-Lux/xenon/
+
 assuming everything went well, now we need to let python know where stuff went:
 export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$path_to_lux/
 export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/fenn/code/Fiat-Lux/openlase/python/
diff --git a/openlase/libol/align.h b/openlase/libol/align.h
index 55ee468..2f3ab2a 100644
--- a/openlase/libol/align.h
+++ b/openlase/libol/align.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
-# include <malloc/malloc.h>
+# include <malloc.h>
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/xenon/SConscript b/xenon/SConscript
index 296ef54..45f082f 100644
--- a/xenon/SConscript
+++ b/xenon/SConscript
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ xenon_env = env.Clone()
 
 # Check for BOOST & JACK libraries
 conf = Configure(xenon_env)
-conf.env.Append(CPPPATH=["/usr/local/include/aubio"])
-conf.env.Append(CPPPATH=["/usr/local/include/eigen3"])
+
+if sys.platform == "darwin":
+  conf.env.Append(CPPPATH=["/usr/local/include/aubio"])
+  conf.env.Append(CPPPATH=["/usr/local/include/eigen3"])
+if sys.platform == "linux2":
+  conf.env.Append(CPPPATH=["/usr/include/aubio"])
+  conf.env.Append(CPPPATH=["/usr/include/eigen2"])
 
 if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('boost_system-mt', 'boost/shared_ptr.hpp', 'c++'):
     print 'ERROR: Could not locate boost_system library'
@@ -33,13 +38,25 @@ if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('aubio', 'aubio.h', 'c++'):
 if not conf.CheckCXXHeader('Eigen/Dense'):
     print 'ERROR: Could not locate eigen library'
     sys.exit(1)
-if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('opencv_core', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
+
+if sys.platform == "darwin":
+  if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('opencv_core', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
     print 'ERROR: Could not locate opencv_core library'
     sys.exit(1)
-if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('opencv_imgproc', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
+  if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('opencv_imgproc', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
     print 'ERROR: Could not locate opencv_imgproc library'
     sys.exit(1)
-if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('opencv_highgui', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
+  if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('opencv_highgui', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
+    print 'ERROR: Could not locate opencv_highgui library'
+    sys.exit(1)
+if sys.platform == "linux2":
+  if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('cxcore', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
+    print 'ERROR: Could not locate opencv_core library'
+    sys.exit(1)
+  if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('cv', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
+    print 'ERROR: Could not locate opencv library'
+    sys.exit(1)
+  if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('highgui', 'opencv/cv.h', 'c++'):
     print 'ERROR: Could not locate opencv_highgui library'
     sys.exit(1)