diff --git a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
index 7aa5e70..6f023f7 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
+++ b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export MAKE_PARALLEL="-j $(nproc)"
 
 # choose one of the following...
 #
-export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH=update-poppler
-# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH=<<yourTagHereNoSpaces>>
+export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
 
 # The following environment variable determines where the poppler,
 # poppler-data, fontforge and pdf2htmlEX packages are installed.
diff --git a/buildScripts/createDebianPackage b/buildScripts/createDebianPackage
index 13546d3..47f72a3 100755
--- a/buildScripts/createDebianPackage
+++ b/buildScripts/createDebianPackage
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ echo "CREATING pdf2htmlEX (binary) Debian package"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo ""
 
-export DPKG_NAME="pdf2htmlEX-$PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH-$BUILD_TIME-$MACHINE_ARCH-$(lsb_release -cs).deb"
+source /etc/lsb-release
+
+export DPKG_NAME="pdf2htmlEX-$PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH-$BUILD_TIME-$MACHINE_ARCH-$DISTRIB_CODENAME.deb"
 
 echo "export DPKG_NAME=\"$DPKG_NAME\"" >> buildScripts/reSourceVersionEnvs
 
@@ -66,7 +68,6 @@ find $DEBDIR -type f | xargs md5sum > $md5sumsFile
 # Accumulate the control file information
 #
 versionValue=$(git describe --abbrev=0)
-releaseValue=$(lsb_release -cs)
 architectureValue=$(dpkg-architecture -q DEB_BUILD_ARCH_CPU)
 maintainerValue="$(git config --get user.name) <$(git config --get user.email)>"
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ maintainerValue="$(git config --get user.name) <$(git config --get user.email)>"
 #
 echo "Package: pdf2htmlEX"                                      > $controlFile
 echo "Version: 0:0.$versionValue-0"                            >> $controlFile
-echo "Distribution: $releaseValue"                             >> $controlFile
+echo "Distribution: $DISTRIB_CODENAME"                         >> $controlFile
 echo "Architecture: $architectureValue"                        >> $controlFile
 echo "Section: universe/web"                                   >> $controlFile
 echo "Priority: optional"                                      >> $controlFile
diff --git a/buildScripts/getBuildToolsApt b/buildScripts/getBuildToolsApt
index 6d14b84..5295f60 100755
--- a/buildScripts/getBuildToolsApt
+++ b/buildScripts/getBuildToolsApt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ sudo apt-get $UNATTENDED install \
   gcc                            \
   g++                            \
   dpkg                           \
+  dpkg-dev                       \
   gettext                        \
   openjdk-8-jre-headless         \
   jq                             \