diff --git a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocally b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocally
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c0a3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocally
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script builds the complete pdf2htmlEX application LOCALLY
+# (It does not create the AppImage or Docker images)
+
+# Adjust the following two environment variables to suit your needs
+#
+export UNATTENDED="--assume-yes"
+export MAKE_PARALLEL="-j $(nproc)"
+
+# choose one of the following...
+#
+export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH=newBuildSystem
+# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+################
+# do the build
+
+./buildScripts/versionEnvs       || { echo 'versionEnvs FAILED'       ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/reportEnvs        || { echo 'reportEnvs FAILED'        ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/getBuildTools     || { echo 'getBuildTools FAILED'     ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/getDevLibraries   || { echo 'getDevLibraries FAILED'   ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/getPoppler        || { echo 'getPoppler FAILED'        ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/buildPoppler      || { echo 'buildPoppler FAILED'      ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/installPoppler    || { echo 'installPoppler FAILED'    ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/getFontforge      || { echo 'getFontforge FAILED'      ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/buildFontforge    || { echo 'buildFontforge FAILED'    ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/installFontforge  || { echo 'installFontforge FAILED'  ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX   || { echo 'buildPdf2htmlEX FAILED'   ; exit 1 ; }
+
+./buildScripts/installPdf2htmlEX || { echo 'installPdf2htmlEX FAILED' ; exit 1 ; }
diff --git a/buildScripts/doItAll b/buildScripts/doItAllLocally
similarity index 97%
rename from buildScripts/doItAll
rename to buildScripts/doItAllLocally
index b434a06..adeefcf 100755
--- a/buildScripts/doItAll
+++ b/buildScripts/doItAllLocally
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #
 export UNATTENDED="--assume-yes"
 export MAKE_PARALLEL="-j $(nproc)"
-export TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG=stephengaito/pdf2htmlEX
 
 # choose one of the following...
 #
diff --git a/buildScripts/uploadRelease b/buildScripts/uploadRelease
index 126102c..4b52d3c 100755
--- a/buildScripts/uploadRelease
+++ b/buildScripts/uploadRelease
@@ -16,54 +16,84 @@ source ./buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 # upload github release artefacts
 #
 
+# begin by gathering the required environment variables
+#
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_USERNAME" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Enter the GitHub upload username: " GITHUB_USERNAME
+  echo ""
+  if [ -z "$GITHUB_USERNAME" ]; then 
+    echo "GITHUB_USERNAME not set... so we can not upload release artefacts."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Enter the GitHub upload token/password: " GITHUB_TOKEN
+  echo ""
+  if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
+    echo "GITHUB_TOKEN not set... so we can not upload release artefacts."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Enter the GitHub repository (user/proj): " TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG
+  echo ""
+  if [ -z "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" ]; then
+    echo "TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG (Github repository) not set... so we can not upload release artefacts."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 cd imageBuild
 
-if [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
+echo "machine api.github.com"       > $HOME/.netrc
+echo "  login    $GITHUB_USERNAME" >> $HOME/.netrc
+echo "  password $GITHUB_TOKEN"    >> $HOME/.netrc
+echo "machine uploads.github.com"  >> $HOME/.netrc
+echo "  login    $GITHUB_USERNAME" >> $HOME/.netrc
+echo "  password $GITHUB_TOKEN"    >> $HOME/.netrc
 
-  echo "machine api.github.com"       > $HOME/.netrc
-  echo "  login    $GITHUB_USERNAME" >> $HOME/.netrc
-  echo "  password $GITHUB_TOKEN"    >> $HOME/.netrc
-  echo "machine uploads.github.com"  >> $HOME/.netrc
-  echo "  login    $GITHUB_USERNAME" >> $HOME/.netrc
-  echo "  password $GITHUB_TOKEN"    >> $HOME/.netrc
+echo $BUILD_TIME > buildTime
+echo $APPIMAGE_NAME > appImageName
+echo $DOCKER_NAME > dockerImageName
 
-  echo $BUILD_TIME > buildTime
+echo ../buildScripts/uploadReleaseTool "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" "continuous" "Latest release"	\
+   -- $APPIMAGE_NAME appImageName dockerImageName buildTime
 
-  echo $APPIMAGE_NAME > appImageName
+../buildScripts/uploadReleaseTool "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" "continuous" "Latest release"	\
+   -- $APPIMAGE_NAME appImageName dockerImageName buildTime
 
-  echo $DOCKER_NAME > dockerImageName
-
-  echo ../buildScripts/uploadReleaseTool "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" "continuous" "Latest release"	\
-     -- $APPIMAGE_NAME appImageName dockerImageName buildTime
-
-  ../buildScripts/uploadReleaseTool "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" "continuous" "Latest release"	\
-     -- $APPIMAGE_NAME appImageName dockerImageName buildTime
-
-else
-  echo "GITHUB_TOKEN not set... so we can not upload release artefacts."
-fi
 
 ##################################
 # push docker image
 #
 if [ -x "$(which docker)" ]; then
 
-  if [ -n "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
-
-    if [ -z "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" ]; then
-      echo ""
-      echo "Please type your the Docker hub password"
-      docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME"
-    else
-      echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+  if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    read -p "Enter the Docker usernane): " DOCKER_USERNAME
+    echo ""
+    if [ -z "$DOCKER_USERNAME" ]; then
+      echo "DOCKER_USERNAME not set... so we do not know where to push image."
+      exit 1
     fi
-
-    docker push $DOCKER_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex
-
-  else
-    echo "DOCKER_USERNAME not set... so we do not know where to push image."
   fi
 
+  if [ -z "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "Please type your the Docker hub password"
+    docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME"
+  else
+    echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+  fi
+
+  docker push $DOCKER_USERNAME/pdf2htmlex
+
 else
   echo "Docker is not installed... skipping upload of docker image."
 fi
diff --git a/buildScripts/versionEnvs b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
index 9103687..0c11cf9 100755
--- a/buildScripts/versionEnvs
+++ b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ echo "export BUILD_TIME=\"$BUILD_TIME\""               >> buildScripts/reSourceV
 echo "export DOCKER_FROM=\"$DOCKER_FROM\""             >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 echo "export DOCKER_NAME=\"$DOCKER_NAME\""             >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 echo "export APPIMAGE_NAME=\"$APPIMAGE_NAME\""         >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
-echo "export TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG=\"$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG\""   >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs