diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-build.sh b/.github/workflows/linux-build.sh
index b5b4d3b4..56bb9744 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-build.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ export BASE=${TMPDIR}/Builder/repos/futurerestore/
 
 cd ${BASE}
 ln -sf ${DEP_ROOT}/Linux_x86_64_Release/{lib/,include/}  ${DEP_ROOT}/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-13 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-13 -DCMAKE_LINKER=ld.lld-13
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-13 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-13 -DCMAKE_LINKER=ld.lld-13 -DNO_PKGCFG
 make -j4 -l4 -C cmake-build-release-x86_64
 
 cd ${BASE}
 ln -sf ${DEP_ROOT}/Linux_x86_64_Debug/{lib/,include/} ${DEP_ROOT}/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-13 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-13 -DCMAKE_LINKER=ld.lld-13
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-13 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-13 -DCMAKE_LINKER=ld.lld-13 -DNO_PKGCFG
 make -j4 -l4 -C cmake-build-debug-x86_64
 llvm-strip-13 -s cmake-build-release-x86_64/src/futurerestore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mac-build.sh b/.github/workflows/mac-build.sh
index 18412ee2..5695c4bb 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/mac-build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/mac-build.sh
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ export BASE=/Users/runner/work/futurerestore/futurerestore/
 
 cd /Users/runner/work/futurerestore/futurerestore/
 ln -sf ${DEP_ROOT}/macOS_x86_64_Release/{lib/,include/} ${DEP_ROOT}/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64 -DNO_PKGCFG
 make -j4 -l4 -C cmake-build-release-x86_64
 
 ln -sf ${DEP_ROOT}/macOS_x86_64_Debug/{lib/,include/} ${DEP_ROOT}/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug-x86_64 -DARCH=x86_64 -DNO_PKGCFG
 make -j4 -l4 -C cmake-build-debug-x86_64
 
 ln -sf ${DEP_ROOT}/macOS_arm64_Release/{lib/,include/} ${DEP_ROOT}/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release-arm64 -DARCH=arm64
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release-arm64 -DARCH=arm64 -DNO_PKGCFG
 make -j4 -l4 -C cmake-build-release-arm64
 
 ln -sf ${DEP_ROOT}/macOS_arm64_Debug/{lib/,include/} ${DEP_ROOT}/
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug-arm64 -DARCH=arm64
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug-arm64 -DARCH=arm64 -DNO_PKGCFG
 make -j4 -l4 -C cmake-build-debug-arm64
 llvm-strip -s cmake-build-release-x86_64/src/futurerestore
 llvm-strip -s cmake-build-release-arm64/src/futurerestore
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d4ff3e2..21126aa9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 set(SUBPROJECT_BUILD 1)
 if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
     if(NOT DEFINED NO_XCODE AND NOT DEFINED ENV{NO_XCODE})
@@ -16,15 +17,17 @@ if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
             set(ARCH "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
         endif()
     endif()
-    if("${ARCH}" STREQUAL "x86_64" OR "$ENV{ARCH}" STREQUAL "x86_64")
-        set(MINVER -mmacosx-version-min=10.12)
-        set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.12)
-    else()
-        set(MINVER -mmacosx-version-min=11.0)
-        set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 11.0)
+    if(NOT DEFINED MINVER OR NOT DEFINED "$ENV{MINVER}" AND DEFINED NO_PKGCFG AND "$ENV{NO_PKGCFG}" MATCHES "1")
+        if("${ARCH}" STREQUAL "x86_64" OR "$ENV{ARCH}" STREQUAL "x86_64")
+            set(MINVER -mmacosx-version-min=10.12)
+            set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 10.12)
+        else()
+            set(MINVER -mmacosx-version-min=11.0)
+            set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 11.0)
+        endif()
     endif()
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -arch ${ARCH} -isysroot ${SYSROOT} ${MINVER} -fembed-bitcode=off -flto=thin -pthread")
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -arch ${ARCH} -isysroot ${SYSROOT} ${MINVER} -fembed-bitcode=off -flto=thin -pthread")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -arch ${ARCH} -isysroot ${SYSROOT} ${MINVER} -fembed-bitcode=off -flto=thin -pthread -mrelax-all -std=gnu++20")
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -arch ${ARCH} -isysroot ${SYSROOT} ${MINVER} -fembed-bitcode=off -flto=thin -pthread -mrelax-all -std=gnu17")
 elseif(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -pthread")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -pthread")
@@ -38,4 +41,5 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 project(futurerestore)
 add_subdirectory(external/tsschecker)
 add_subdirectory(external/idevicerestore)
-add_subdirectory(src)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(src)
+
diff --git a/COMPILING.md b/COMPILING.md
index 11f4af16..e7c6d21f 100644
--- a/COMPILING.md
+++ b/COMPILING.md
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
   
   If you want to build in release mode pass in the RELEASE=1 environment variable.
   * Example: `RELEASE=1 ./build.sh -DARCH=x86_64` or `RELEASE=0 ./build.sh -DARCH=x86_64`
+
+  If you want to disable pkg-config linking you can provide the `NO_PKGCFG` flag. 
+
+  By default pkg-config linking is enabled. dep_root will be used when disabled.
+  * Example: `./build.sh -DARCH=x86_64 -DNO_PKGCFG`
+  * or `NO_PKGCFG=1 ./build.sh -DARCH=x86_64`
   
   If you want to overwrite the compiler on mac you can provide `NO_XCODE` flag.
   * Example: `CC=gcc CXX=g++ ./build.sh -DARCH=x86_64 -DNO_XCODE` 
@@ -58,5 +64,9 @@
   * By default it will remove cmake and cache and reconfigure for each subsequent build.
   
   The compiled binary will be located at:
-  * `cmake-build-release/src/futurerestore` for release build
-  * `cmake-build-debug/src/futurerestore` for debug builds
\ No newline at end of file
+  * `cmake-build-release/src/futurerestore` for release builds
+  * `cmake-build-debug/src/futurerestore` for debug builds
+  
+  Otherwise you can install the binary via:
+  * `make -C cmake-build-release install` for release builds
+  * `make -C cmake-build-debug install` for debug builds
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index b8fd4790..30768619 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+which cmake >/dev/null
+# if [[ "$?" -gt 0 ]]; then echo "[!] cmake not installed or not found, refusing to build!"; exit 1; fi
+which make >/dev/null
+if [[ "$?" -gt 0 ]]; then echo "[!] make not installed or not found, refusing to build!"; exit 1; fi
+echo "[*] Building futurerestore"
+export FR_INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
 if [[ -z "$NO_CLEAN" ]]; then rm -rf cmake-build-release cmake-build-debug; fi
 if [[ "$RELEASE" == "1" ]]
 then
-  if [[ ! "$NO_CLEAN" == "1" ]]; then cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release $@; fi
-  make -C cmake-build-release clean
-  make -C cmake-build-release
-  llvm-strip -s cmake-build-release/src/futurerestore
+  if [[ ! "$NO_CLEAN" == "1" ]]; then cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${FR_INSTALL_DIR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-release $@; fi
+  make -s -C cmake-build-release clean
+  make -s -C cmake-build-release
+  if [[ "$?" -gt 0 ]]; then echo "[!] Failed to build futurerestore!"; exit 1; fi
+  which llvm-strip >/dev/null
+  if [[ "$?" -lt 1 ]]; then llvm-strip -s cmake-build-release/src/futurerestore; else echo "[!] llvm-strip not installed or not found, not stripping release binary."; fi
+  echo "[*] Run make -C cmake-build-release install, to install futurerestore or obtain the binary at cmake-build-release/src/futurerestore"
+  echo "[*] Successfully built futurerestore."
 else
-  if [[ ! "$NO_CLEAN" == "1" ]]; then cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug $@ ; fi
-  make -C cmake-build-debug clean
-  make -C cmake-build-debug
+  if [[ ! "$NO_CLEAN" == "1" ]]; then cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${FR_INSTALL_DIR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=$(which make) -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which clang) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which clang++) -DCMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL="WARNING" -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" -S ./ -B cmake-build-debug $@ ; fi
+  make -s -C cmake-build-debug clean
+  make -s -C cmake-build-debug
+  if [[ "$?" -gt 0 ]]; then echo "[!] Failed to build futurerestore!"; exit 1; fi
+  echo "[*] Run make -C cmake-build-debug install, to install futurerestore or obtain the binary at cmake-build-debug/src/futurerestore"
+  echo "[*] Successfully built futurerestore."
 fi
diff --git a/external/idevicerestore b/external/idevicerestore
index 78e077cc..4710028c 160000
--- a/external/idevicerestore
+++ b/external/idevicerestore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 78e077ccd41b5ee8d6c35702805a01a954d62cfc
+Subproject commit 4710028c9ebc5363847258055b539580a9db904f
diff --git a/external/tsschecker b/external/tsschecker
index ba70a6ad..9f141b33 160000
--- a/external/tsschecker
+++ b/external/tsschecker
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ba70a6ad0c818b67028276c430ef221591692d2a
+Subproject commit 9f141b333befed9b45203a4f45e49707ec08ff24
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 07ed413c..b07ff9c4 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,51 +1,83 @@
 project(futurerestore)
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Os -DNDEBUG")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Os -DNDEBUG")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0 -DDEBUG")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0 -DDEBUG")
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 add_executable(futurerestore
         main.cpp
         futurerestore.cpp)
 target_include_directories(futurerestore PRIVATE
-        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dep_root/include"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/idevicerestore/src"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/tsschecker/external/jssy/jssy"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/tsschecker/tsschecker")
-target_link_directories(futurerestore PRIVATE
-        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dep_root/lib"
-        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dep_root/lib/xpwn"
-        )
-target_link_libraries(futurerestore PRIVATE
-        z
-        zip
-        png16
-        crypto
-        ssl
-        "-lgeneral"
-        plist-2.0
-        fragmentzip
-        img4tool
-        common
-        xpwn
-        insn
-        offsetfinder64
-        ipatcher
-        tsschecker
-        idevicerestore
-        jssy
-        curl
-        imobiledevice-glue-1.0
-        imobiledevice-1.0
-        irecovery-1.0
-        usbmuxd-2.0
-        pthread)
-if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+if(NOT DEFINED NO_PKGCFG AND NOT "$ENV{NO_PKGCFG}" MATCHES "1")
+    pkg_check_modules(DEPS REQUIRED
+            libzip
+            zlib
+            libpng16
+            libcrypto
+            libssl
+            libplist-2.0
+            libimobiledevice-glue-1.0
+            libimobiledevice-1.0
+            libirecovery-1.0
+            libusbmuxd-2.0
+            libgeneral
+            libcurl
+            libfragmentzip
+            libimg4tool
+            libinsn
+            liboffsetfinder64
+            libipatcher)
+    target_include_directories(futurerestore PRIVATE "${DEPS_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+    target_link_directories(futurerestore PRIVATE "${DEPS_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
+    target_link_libraries(futurerestore PRIVATE "${DEPS_LIBRARIES}" tsschecker idevicerestore)
+else()
+    target_include_directories(futurerestore PRIVATE
+            "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dep_root/include")
+    target_link_directories(futurerestore PRIVATE
+            "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dep_root/lib"
+            "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dep_root/lib/xpwn"
+            )
     target_link_libraries(futurerestore PRIVATE
+            z
+            zip
+            png16
+            crypto
+            ssl
+            "-lgeneral"
+            plist-2.0
+            fragmentzip
+            img4tool
+            common
+            xpwn
+            insn
+            offsetfinder64
+            ipatcher
+            tsschecker
+            idevicerestore
+            jssy
+            curl
+            imobiledevice-glue-1.0
+            imobiledevice-1.0
+            irecovery-1.0
+            usbmuxd-2.0
+            pthread)
+    endif()
+    if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+        target_link_libraries(futurerestore PRIVATE
                 compression
                 "-framework CoreFoundation"
                 "-framework IOKit")
-else()
-    target_link_libraries(futurerestore PRIVATE
-            usb-1.0
-            dl
-            udev
-            lzfse)
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(futurerestore PRIVATE
+                usb-1.0
+                dl
+                udev
+                lzfse)
 endif()
 execute_process(COMMAND git rev-list --count HEAD WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse HEAD WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION_COMMIT_SHA ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
@@ -55,3 +87,6 @@ add_definitions(
         -DVERSION_COMMIT_COUNT="${VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT}"
         -DVERSION_COMMIT_SHA="${VERSION_COMMIT_SHA}"
         -DVERSION_RELEASE="${VERSION_RELEASE}")
+install(TARGETS futurerestore
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+