diff --git a/.github/workflows/of.yml b/.github/workflows/of.yml
index cb47d2bd405..adc7f02ca65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/of.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/of.yml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
         key: ${{ matrix.cfg.target }}-${{ matrix.cfg.libs }}
 
     - name: Download libs
-      run: ./scripts/${{matrix.cfg.libs}}/download_latest_libs.sh
+      run: ./scripts/${{matrix.cfg.libs}}/download_libs.sh
     - name: install
       run: ./scripts/ci/$TARGET/install.sh
     - name: Build
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
     - name: Download libs
-      run: ./scripts/${{ matrix.cfg.target }}/download_latest_libs.sh
+      run: ./scripts/${{ matrix.cfg.target }}/download_libs.sh
 
     - name: Build
       run:
diff --git a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/ios/iOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/ios/iOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 8651e690534..6e7b882dd27 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/ios/iOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/ios/iOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = "/usr/bin/env bash";
-			shellScript = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${SRCROOT}/../../../freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for iOS / macOS. Downloading libaries now via scripts/macos/download_latest_libs.sh\"\n    ${SRCROOT}/../../../../scripts/macos/download_latest_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n";
+			shellScript = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${SRCROOT}/../../../freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for iOS / macOS. Downloading libaries now via scripts/macos/download_libs.sh\"\n    ${SRCROOT}/../../../../scripts/macos/download_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n";
 		};
 		BFF80A5C2C50B25B00784E74 /* ShellScript */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/osx/openFrameworksLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/osx/openFrameworksLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index fcec43cadf3..f4105425043 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/osx/openFrameworksLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/osx/openFrameworksLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = "/usr/bin/env bash";
-			shellScript = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${SRCROOT}/../../../freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for osx. Downloading libaries now via scripts/osx/download_latest_libs.sh\"\n    ${SRCROOT}/../../../../scripts/osx/download_latest_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n";
+			shellScript = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${SRCROOT}/../../../freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for osx. Downloading libaries now via scripts/osx/download_libs.sh\"\n    ${SRCROOT}/../../../../scripts/osx/download_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n";
 		};
 		BFF80A5D2C50B2C300784E74 /* ShellScript */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/tvOS/tvOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/tvOS/tvOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 398c6315306..295b001fe88 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/tvOS/tvOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/tvOS/tvOS+OFLib.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = "/usr/bin/env bash";
-			shellScript = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${SRCROOT}/../../../freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for tvOS / macOS. Downloading libaries now via scripts/macos/download_latest_libs.sh\"\n    ${SRCROOT}/../../../../scripts/macos/download_latest_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n";
+			shellScript = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${SRCROOT}/../../../freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for tvOS / macOS. Downloading libaries now via scripts/macos/download_libs.sh\"\n    ${SRCROOT}/../../../../scripts/macos/download_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n";
 		};
 		BFF80A5B2C50B01B00784E74 /* ShellScript */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;
diff --git a/scripts/ci/vs/install_bleeding.sh b/scripts/ci/vs/install_bleeding.sh
index ace137a095f..ed5adc56bfc 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/vs/install_bleeding.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/vs/install_bleeding.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [[ ! -d "$SCRIPT_DIR" ]]; then SCRIPT_DIR="$PWD"; fi
 
 unset BITS
 cd "${OF_ROOT}"
-./scripts/vs/download_latest_libs.sh -p vs --silent
+./scripts/vs/download_libs.sh -p vs --silent
 
 rm -rf projectGenerator
 mkdir -p projectGenerator
diff --git a/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh b/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh
index 324ef36d4a0..f30b7acc393 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/download_libs.sh
@@ -143,7 +143,12 @@ if [ "$ARCH" == "" ]; then
     if [ "$PLATFORM" == "linux" ]; then
         ARCH=$(uname -m)
         if [ "$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
-            GCC_VERSION=$(gcc -dumpversion | cut -f1 -d.)
+            if command -v gcc &> /dev/null
+            then
+                GCC_VERSION=$(gcc -dumpversion | cut -f1 -d.)
+            else
+                GCC_VERSION=6
+            fi
             if [ $GCC_VERSION -eq 4 ]; then
                 ARCH=64gcc6
             elif [ $GCC_VERSION -eq 5 ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/emscripten/download_latest_libs.sh b/scripts/emscripten/download_legacy_libs.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 68%
rename from scripts/emscripten/download_latest_libs.sh
rename to scripts/emscripten/download_legacy_libs.sh
index 6b3a8698e3e..674c0e01f77
--- a/scripts/emscripten/download_latest_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/emscripten/download_legacy_libs.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-../dev/download_libs.sh -p emscripten -b $@ 
+../dev/download_libs.sh -p emscripten $@ 
diff --git a/scripts/emscripten/download_libs.sh b/scripts/emscripten/download_libs.sh
index 674c0e01f77..6b3a8698e3e 100755
--- a/scripts/emscripten/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/emscripten/download_libs.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-../dev/download_libs.sh -p emscripten $@ 
+../dev/download_libs.sh -p emscripten -b $@ 
diff --git a/scripts/ios/download_latest_libs.sh b/scripts/ios/download_latest_libs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d2d9a8c9297..00000000000
--- a/scripts/ios/download_latest_libs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -a $BITS -n $@
-else
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -n $@
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/ios/download_libs.sh b/scripts/ios/download_libs.sh
index 75c50b48216..d2d9a8c9297 100755
--- a/scripts/ios/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/ios/download_libs.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-../dev/download_libs.sh -p ios -n $@
+cd $SCRIPT_DIR
+if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -a $BITS -n $@
+else
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -n $@
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/linux/download_libs.sh b/scripts/linux/download_libs.sh
index 47964fe8601..6aff8f87641 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/download_libs.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-../dev/download_libs.sh -p linux $@
+../dev/download_libs.sh -p linux -b $@
diff --git a/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh
index 63c8dde80d6..4ec460f9d55 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function installPackages {
                 exit_code=$?
                 if [ $exit_code != 0 ]; then
                     echo "error installing ${pkg}, there could be an error with your internet connection"
-                    echo "if the error persists, please report an issue in github: http://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/issues"
+                    echo "if the error persists, please report an issue in github: https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/issues"
                     exit $exit_code
                 fi
             elif [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ function installPackages {
                 exit_code=$?
                 if [ $exit_code != 0 ]; then
                     echo "error installing ${pkg}, there could be an error with your internet connection"
-                    echo "if the error persists, please report an issue in github: http://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/issues"
+                    echo "if the error persists, please report an issue in github: https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/issues"
                     exit $exit_code
                 fi
             else
                 echo "error installing ${pkg}"
                 echo $error
                 echo "this seems an error with your distribution repositories but you can also"
-                echo "report an issue in the openFrameworks github: http://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/issues"
+                echo "report an issue in the openFrameworks github: https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/issues"
                 exit $exit_code
             fi
         fi
diff --git a/scripts/macos/download_latest_libs.sh b/scripts/macos/download_latest_libs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7496511357b..00000000000
--- a/scripts/macos/download_latest_libs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -a $BITS $@
-else
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -n $@
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/macos/download_libs.sh b/scripts/macos/download_libs.sh
index 2f314c6ca7b..7496511357b 100755
--- a/scripts/macos/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/macos/download_libs.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -a $BITS $@
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -a $BITS $@
 else
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos $@
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p macos -b -n $@
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/osx/download_latest_libs.sh b/scripts/osx/download_latest_libs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8a693de45d4..00000000000
--- a/scripts/osx/download_latest_libs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p osx -b -a $BITS $@
-else
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p osx -b $@
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/osx/download_libs.sh b/scripts/osx/download_libs.sh
index c170bcdbda5..8a693de45d4 100755
--- a/scripts/osx/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/osx/download_libs.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p osx -a $BITS $@
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p osx -b -a $BITS $@
 else
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p osx $@
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p osx -b $@
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 9c0351c8c03..74d0151bd5f 100644
--- a/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/scripts/templates/osx/emptyExample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		    "outputPaths": [],
 		    "runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing": "0",
 		    "shellPath": "/usr/bin/env bash",
-		    "shellScript": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${OF_PATH}/libs/freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for osx. Downloading libaries now via scripts/osx/download_latest_libs.sh\"\n    ${OF_PATH}/scripts/osx/download_latest_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n"
+		    "shellScript": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [ ! -d \"${OF_PATH}/libs/freetype/lib/macos/freetype.xcframework\" ]; then\n\techo \"openFrameworks has missing xcFrameworks for osx. Downloading libaries now via scripts/osx/download_libs.sh\"\n    ${OF_PATH}/scripts/osx/download_libs.sh\nelse\n\techo \"xcFrameworks found\"\nfi\n"
 		},
 		"E42962A92163ECCD00A6A9E2": {
 			"alwaysOutOfDate": "1",
diff --git a/scripts/vs/download_latest_libs.sh b/scripts/vs/download_latest_libs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e842fae9755..00000000000
--- a/scripts/vs/download_latest_libs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-cd $SCRIPT_DIR
-if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p vs -b -a $BITS -n $@
-else
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p vs -b -n $@
-fi 
diff --git a/scripts/vs/download_libs.ps1 b/scripts/vs/download_libs.ps1
deleted file mode 100755
index 28d55c4816c..00000000000
--- a/scripts/vs/download_libs.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-# You may override default parameters for this script by specifying 
-#       -paramName paramValue
-# When calling this script. For example: 
-#       download_libs.ps1 -platform vs2015
-# Which will load the visual studio 2015 libraries
-param(
-    [String]$ver="master",
-    [String]$platform="vs"
-    )
-$currentPath = $pwd
-$scriptPath = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
-$libsDir = $scriptPath + "\..\..\libs"
-
-function DownloadPackage{
-    $pkg = $args[0]
-    $url = " https://github.com/openframeworks/apothecary/releases/download/nightly/$pkg"
-    If(Test-Path "$pkg") {
-        echo "Deleting old package"
-        Remove-Item $pkg
-    }
-
-    echo "Downloading $url to $scriptPath\$pkg"
-    $client.DownloadFile($url, "$scriptPath\$pkg")
-
-    If(-Not (Test-Path "$libsDir\$arch")){
-        new-item "$libsDir\$arch" -itemtype directory
-    }
-
-    echo "Uncompressing downloaded libs to $libsDir\$arch"
-    Add-Type -A System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
-    [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$scriptPath\$pkg", "$libsDir\$arch")
-
-    Remove-Item $pkg
-}
-
-function DownloadLibs{
-    cd $scriptPath
-    $client = new-object System.Net.WebClient
-    $arch = $args[0]
-    $pkg1 = "openFrameworksLibs_"+$ver+"_"+$platform+"_"+$arch+"_1.zip"
-    $pkg2 = "openFrameworksLibs_"+$ver+"_"+$platform+"_"+$arch+"_2.zip"
-    $pkg3 = "openFrameworksLibs_"+$ver+"_"+$platform+"_"+$arch+"_3.zip"
-    $pkg4 = "openFrameworksLibs_"+$ver+"_"+$platform+"_"+$arch+"_4.zip"
-    DownloadPackage $pkg1
-    DownloadPackage $pkg2
-    DownloadPackage $pkg3
-    DownloadPackage $pkg4
-}
-
-echo "Installing libs for platform $platform."
-
-if (-Not ($platform -eq "vs2015")){
-   echo "You may want to call this script with parameters: 'download_libs.ps1 -platform vs2015' to install libs for Visual Studio 2015." 
-}
-
-$libsExists = Test-Path $libsDir
-If(-Not $libsExists) {
-    echo "Creating libs directory"
-    new-item $libsDir -itemtype directory
-} 
-
-$libs = @(
-    "64", 
-    "boost", 
-    "cairo", 
-    "curl", 
-    "FreeImage", 
-    "freetype", 
-    "glew", 
-    "glfw", 
-    "json", 
-    "libpng", 
-    "openssl", 
-    "pixman", 
-    "poco", 
-    "rtAudio", 
-    "tess2", 
-    "uriparser", 
-    "utf8", 
-    "videoInput", 
-    "zlib", 
-    "opencv", 
-    "ippicv", 
-    "assimp", 
-    "README.md", 
-    ".appveyor.yml", 
-    ".travis.yml"
-    )
-
-$addon_libs = @(
-    "ofxOpenCv\libs\opencv", 
-    "ofxOpenCv\libs\ippicv", 
-    "ofxAssimpModelLoader\libs\assimp",
-    "ofxSvg\libs\libxml2",
-    "ofxSvg\libs\svgtiny",
-    "ofxPoco\libs\poco"
-    )
-
-
-
-echo "Deleting existing libs"
-ForEach ($lib in $libs){
-    if(Test-Path "..\..\libs\$lib"){
-        Remove-Item "..\..\libs\$lib" -Force -Recurse
-    }
-}
-
-echo "Deleting existing addons libs"
-ForEach ($lib in $addon_libs){
-    if(Test-Path "..\..\addons\$lib"){
-        Remove-Item "..\..\addons\$lib" -Force -Recurse
-    }
-}
-
-DownloadLibs 64
-
-function moveAddonLib {
-    $addonLib = $args[0]
-
-    $addon_path = split-path -parent "$addonLib"
-    $lib_name   = split-path -leaf "$addonLib"
-
-    echo "Moving addon lib: $lib_name"
-
-    robocopy.exe "..\..\libs\64\$lib_name" "..\..\addons\$addon_path\$lib_name" /MOVE /NFL /R:5 /S
-}
-
-echo "Moving addons libs"
-ForEach ($lib in $addon_libs){
-   moveAddonLib $lib
-}
-
-robocopy.exe ..\..\libs\64\ ..\..\libs\ /MOVE /NFL /R:5 /S
-
-if(Test-Path "..\..\libs\64"){
-    Remove-Item "..\..\libs\64" -Force -Recurse
-}
-
-if(Test-Path "..\..\libs\README.md"){
-    Remove-Item "..\..\libs\README.md" -Force -Recurse
-}
-
-cd $currentPath
-
-echo "Success."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/vs/download_libs.sh b/scripts/vs/download_libs.sh
index 4f1c0d46d1b..e842fae9755 100755
--- a/scripts/vs/download_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/vs/download_libs.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 if [ ! -z ${BITS+x} ]; then
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p vs -n $@ -a $BITS
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p vs -b -a $BITS -n $@
 else
-    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p vs -n $@
-fi
+    ../dev/download_libs.sh -p vs -b -n $@
+fi 
diff --git a/scripts/vs/download_latest_libs_x64.sh b/scripts/vs/download_libs_x64.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/vs/download_latest_libs_x64.sh
rename to scripts/vs/download_libs_x64.sh