diff --git a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
index 6f023f7..63b7688 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
+++ b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyApt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export MAKE_PARALLEL="-j $(nproc)"
 
 # choose one of the following...
 #
-# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH=<<yourTagHereNoSpaces>>
+# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="<<YourTagHereWithNoSpaces>>"
 export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
 
 # The following environment variable determines where the poppler,
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyBrew b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyBrew
index 1cb4849..23caa20 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyBrew
+++ b/buildScripts/buildInstallLocallyBrew
@@ -10,14 +10,22 @@ export MAKE_PARALLEL="-j $(nproc)"
 
 # choose one of the following...
 #
-export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH=update-poppler
-# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+# export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="<<YourTagHereWithNoSpaces>>"
+export PDF2HTMLEX_BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
 
-export PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX=toBeDetermined
+# The following environment variable determines where the poppler,
+# poppler-data, fontforge and pdf2htmlEX packages are installed.
+# CHANGE IT TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS:
+#
+export PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
 
 ################
 # do the build
 
+# The following is used by the pdf2htmlEX CMakeLists.txt file
+#
+export USING_BREW=1
+
 ./buildScripts/versionEnvs         || { echo 'versionEnvs FAILED'         ; exit 1 ; }
 
 ./buildScripts/reportEnvs          || { echo 'reportEnvs FAILED'          ; exit 1 ; }
@@ -30,14 +38,10 @@ export PDF2HTMLEX_PREFIX=toBeDetermined
 
 ./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/getBuildToolsBrew b/buildScripts/getBuildToolsBrew
index 1ee11e1..b32069a 100755
--- a/buildScripts/getBuildToolsBrew
+++ b/buildScripts/getBuildToolsBrew
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo ""
 
 brew update
-brew install	\
-  git		\
-  pkg-config	\
-  ruby		\
-  autoconf	\
-  libtool	\
-  cmake		\
-  make		\
-  gcc		\
-  gettext	\
-  openjdk	\
-  jq		\
+brew install \
+  git        \
+  pkg-config \
+  ruby       \
+  autoconf   \
+  libtool    \
+  cmake      \
+  make       \
+  gcc        \
+  gettext    \
+  openjdk    \
+  jq         \
   tree
diff --git a/buildScripts/getDevLibrariesBrew b/buildScripts/getDevLibrariesBrew
index 0938300..6119573 100755
--- a/buildScripts/getDevLibrariesBrew
+++ b/buildScripts/getDevLibrariesBrew
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo ""
 
 brew update
-brew install		\
-  cairo			\
-  libspiro		\
-  libpng		\
-  jpeg			\
-  pango			\
-  little-cms2		\
-  libxml2		\
-  libuninameslist	\
+brew install \
+  cairo      \
+  libpng     \
+  jpeg       \
+  libxml2    \
+
+#  libspiro		\
+#  pango			\
+#  little-cms2		\
+#  libuninameslist	\
diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/CMakeLists.txt b/pdf2htmlEX/CMakeLists.txt
index 29b52fd..691ead1 100644
--- a/pdf2htmlEX/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ set(POPPLER_LIBRARIES ${POPPLER_LIBRARIES}
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../poppler/build/libpoppler.a
 )
 
+
 if(ENABLE_SVG)
     pkg_check_modules(CAIRO REQUIRED cairo>=1.10.0)
     message("-- Trying to locate cairo-svg...")
@@ -46,8 +47,10 @@ if(ENABLE_SVG)
     if(CAIRO_SVG_INCLUDE_PATH)
         message("--    found cairo-svg...")
         include_directories(${CAIRO_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-        link_directories(${CAIRO_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-        set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS} ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES})
+        if(NOT DEFINED ENV{USING_BREW})
+            link_directories(${CAIRO_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+            set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS} ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES})
+        endif()
         set(ENABLE_SVG 1)
     else()
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Error: no SVG support found in Cairo")
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ if(ENABLE_SVG)
     find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
     include_directories(${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     link_directories(${FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-    set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS} ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
+#    set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS} ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 # SINCE we have a very intimate relationship with a particular version of 
@@ -79,16 +82,17 @@ set(FONTFORGE_LIBRARIES ${FONTFORGE_LIBRARIES}
 set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS}
   ${POPPLER_LIBRARIES}
   ${FONTFORGE_LIBRARIES}
-  -lfreetype
-  -lfontconfig
+  ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES}
   -ljpeg
   -lpng
-  -lz
-  -pthread
-  -lm
+  -lfontconfig
+  -lfreetype
   -lxml2
   -lglib-2.0
   -lgio-2.0
+  -pthread
+  -lz
+  -lm
 )
 
 # debug build flags (overwrite default cmake debug flags)