diff --git a/nf2ff/nf2ff.pro b/nf2ff/nf2ff.pro
index f873f6c..bbef55b 100644
--- a/nf2ff/nf2ff.pro
+++ b/nf2ff/nf2ff.pro
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ VERSION = 0.1.0
 win32 {
     CONFIG += console
 
-    WIN32_LIB_ROOT = ../..
+    isEmpty(WIN32_LIB_ROOT) {
+	WIN32_LIB_ROOT = ../..
+    }
 
     # #3rd party libraries#
     # tinyxml
diff --git a/openEMS.pro b/openEMS.pro
index 11ccbcf..8e8aa7a 100644
--- a/openEMS.pro
+++ b/openEMS.pro
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ VERSION=0.0.29
 
 win32 {
     CONFIG += console
-    WIN32_LIB_ROOT = ..
+    isEmpty(WIN32_LIB_ROOT) {
+        WIN32_LIB_ROOT = ..
+    }
+    isEmpty(CSXCAD_ROOT) {
+     CSXCAD_ROOT = $$WIN32_LIB_ROOT/CSXCAD
+    }
     # CSXCAD
-    INCLUDEPATH += $$WIN32_LIB_ROOT/CSXCAD
-    LIBS += -L$$WIN32_LIB_ROOT/CSXCAD/release  -lCSXCAD0
+    INCLUDEPATH += $$CSXCAD_ROOT/include/CSXCAD
+    LIBS += -L$$CSXCAD_ROOT/lib -lCSXCAD0
 
     # #3rd party libraries#
     # tinyxml
@@ -58,19 +63,23 @@ win32 {
     LIBS += -L$$WIN32_LIB_ROOT/vtk/bin -lvtkCommon -lvtkIO -lvtkFiltering
 }
 !win32 {
+    # CSXCAD
+    isEmpty(CSXCAD_ROOT) {
+     CSXCAD_ROOT = /usr
+    }
+    INCLUDEPATH += $$CSXCAD_ROOT/include/CSXCAD
+    LIBS += -L$$CSXCAD_ROOT/lib -lCSXCAD
+
+    # #3rd party libraries#
     LIBS += -lfparser
     LIBS += -ltinyxml
 	DEFINES += TIXML_USE_STL
     LIBS += -lboost_thread-mt
     LIBS += -lCGAL
-    LIBS += -llapack
     # hdf5 (and mpi for parallel hdf5)
     LIBS += -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5
     LIBS += -lmpi -lmpi_cxx
     INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/mpi
-    # CSXCAD
-    INCLUDEPATH += ../CSXCAD
-    LIBS += -L../CSXCAD  -lCSXCAD
     ### vtk ###
     INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/vtk-5.2 \
         /usr/include/vtk-5.4 \