--- yiffconfig/Makefile
+++ yiffconfig/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #				to debug the program.
 #
 
-CFLAGS = `gtk-config --cflags` -Wall -O2 -g
+CFLAGS += `gtk-config --cflags` -Wall
 #CFLAGS = `gtk-config --cflags` -Wall -O6 \
 #         -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -finline-functions \
 #         -ffast-math -march=i586
--- libY2/Makefile.Linux
+++ libY2/Makefile.Linux
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@
 OBJ_C   = $(SRC_C:.c=.o)
 OBJ_CPP = $(SRC_CPP:.cpp=.o)
 .c.o:
-	+$(CC) -c $*.c $(INC_DIRS) $(CFLAGS)
+	+$(CC) -c $*.c $(INC_DIRS) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC
 .cpp.o:
-	+$(CPP) -c $*.cpp $(INC_DIRS) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+	+$(CPP) -c $*.cpp $(INC_DIRS) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -fPIC
 
 $(LIB): $(OBJ_C) $(OBJ_CPP)
-	$(CC) $(OBJ_C) $(OBJ_CPP) -Wl,-soname=$(LIB) -shared -o $(LIB) $(LIBS) $(LIB_DIRS)
+	$(CPP) $(OBJ_C) $(OBJ_CPP) -Wl,-soname=$(LIB) -shared -o $(LIB) $(LIBS) $(LIB_DIRS)
 	$(LINK) $(LINKFLAGS) $(LIB) $(LIBPFX).so
 
 all: $(LIB)
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 linux:
 	for subdir in $(LINUX_DIRS); do					\
 	  LIB_DIR=-L../libY2;						\
-	  $(MAKE) -C $$subdir -f Makefile.Linux all; 			\
+	  $(MAKE) -C $$subdir -f Makefile.Linux all || exit 1; 			\
 	done
 
 linux_noserver:
--- stuff/Makefile
+++ stuff/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 SOUNDS_DIR = share/sounds
 
 install:
+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(PREFIX)/$(ICONS_DIR) $(PREFIX)/$(SOUNDS_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTDATFLAGS) Y.xpm $(PREFIX)/$(ICONS_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTDATFLAGS) yiff.xpm $(PREFIX)/$(ICONS_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) $(INSTDATFLAGS) yiff.wav $(PREFIX)/$(SOUNDS_DIR)