diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c49977f..fb14b58 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+poppler*
 build
 compile_commands.json
 CMakeCache.txt
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildFontforge b/buildScripts/buildFontforge
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2177738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/buildFontforge
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cd fontforge;
+./bootstrap;
+./configure;
+make;
diff --git a/buildScripts/dobuildPdf2htmlEX b/buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX
similarity index 100%
rename from buildScripts/dobuildPdf2htmlEX
rename to buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX
diff --git a/buildScripts/dobuildPdf2htmlEXClang b/buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEXClang
similarity index 100%
rename from buildScripts/dobuildPdf2htmlEXClang
rename to buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEXClang
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildPoppler b/buildScripts/buildPoppler
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2cda28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/buildPoppler
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script builds the latest poppler
+
+cd poppler
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+    -DENABLE_LIBOPENJPEG=none ..
+make
diff --git a/buildScripts/docleanPdf2htmlEX b/buildScripts/cleanPdf2htmlEX
similarity index 100%
rename from buildScripts/docleanPdf2htmlEX
rename to buildScripts/cleanPdf2htmlEX
diff --git a/buildScripts/getFontforge b/buildScripts/getFontforge
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d1094f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/getFontforge
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script gets and unpacks the latest fontforge AppImage
+
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fontforge/fontforge
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install libfontforge-dev
+
diff --git a/buildScripts/getPoppler b/buildScripts/getPoppler
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1fce35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/getPoppler
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script gets and unpacks the latest Poppler source code
+
+source buildScripts/versionEnvs
+
+echo "Getting poppler version: $POPPLER_VERSION"
+
+rm -rf $POPPLER_VERSION.tar.xz
+
+wget https://poppler.freedesktop.org/$POPPLER_VERSION.tar.xz
+
+tar xvf $POPPLER_VERSION.tar.xz
+
+mv $POPPLER_VERSION poppler
diff --git a/buildScripts/installFontforge b/buildScripts/installFontforge
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7c57186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/installFontforge
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "This installation assumes you have 'sudo' privileges"
+echo "Type ctrl-c now if DO NOT want to continue"
+read -p "Type anything else to continue: "
+
+cd poppler
+sudo make install
+sudo ldconfig;
+
+#cd
+#
+#sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler
+#sudo cp poppler/poppler/*.h /usr/include/poppler
+#
+#sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler/goo
+#sudo cp poppler/goo/*.h     /usr/include/poppler/goo
+#
+#sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler/fofi
+#sudo cp poppler/fofi/*.h    /usr/include/poppler/fofi
+#
+#sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler/splash
+#sudo cp poppler/splash/*.h  /usr/include/poppler/splash
+#
+#sudo cp poppler/build/poppler/poppler-config.h \
+#        /usr/include/poppler
diff --git a/buildScripts/doinstallPdf2htmlEX b/buildScripts/installPdf2htmlEX
similarity index 100%
rename from buildScripts/doinstallPdf2htmlEX
rename to buildScripts/installPdf2htmlEX
diff --git a/buildScripts/installPoppler b/buildScripts/installPoppler
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..605e0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/installPoppler
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script installs Poppler into the local system
+
+echo "WARNING: this will over-write any existing"
+echo "Poppler version you have installed on your system."
+echo "This may break other packages/applications."
+echo ""
+echo "This installation assumes you have 'sudo' privileges."
+echo ""
+echo "Type ctrl-c now if DO NOT want to continue"
+read -p "Type anything else to continue: "
+
+cd poppler/build
+sudo make install
+
+cd
+
+sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler
+sudo cp poppler/poppler/*.h /usr/include/poppler
+
+sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler/goo
+sudo cp poppler/goo/*.h     /usr/include/poppler/goo
+
+sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler/fofi
+sudo cp poppler/fofi/*.h    /usr/include/poppler/fofi
+
+sudo mkdir -p               /usr/include/poppler/splash
+sudo cp poppler/splash/*.h  /usr/include/poppler/splash
+
+sudo cp poppler/build/poppler/poppler-config.h \
+        /usr/include/poppler
diff --git a/buildScripts/versionEnvs b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a97bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildScripts/versionEnvs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script exports environment variables for the latest software 
+# versions
+
+export POPPLER_VERSION=poppler-0.82.0
+export FONTFORGE_VERSION=20190801
+
+export FONTFORGE_APPIMAGE=https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/20190801/FontForge-2019-08-01-ac635b8-x86_64.AppImage