diff --git a/compile_linux.sh b/compile_linux.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# ngspice build script for LINUX, release version, 32 or 64 bit
+# compile_linux.sh
+
+#Procedure:
+# Install Xext, Xaw, gcc c++, libtool, bison, flex, auto tools, perl, libiconv, libintl
+# cd into ngspice directory, start compiling with
+# './compile_linux.sh' or './compile_linux.sh 64'
+
+# Options:
+# --adms and --enable-adms will install extra HICUM, EKV and MEXTRAM models via the
+# adms interface.
+# Please see http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/admshowto.html for more info on adms.
+# CIDER, XSPICE, and OpenMP may be selected at will.
+# --disable-debug will give O2 optimization (versus O0 for debug) and removes all debugging info.
+
+
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   if [ ! -d "release64" ]; then
+      mkdir release64
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir release64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi
+else
+   if [ ! -d "release" ]; then
+      mkdir release
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir release failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+# If compiling sources from git, you may need to uncomment the following two lines:
+./autogen.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# Alternatively, if compiling sources from git, and want to add adms created devices,
+# you may need to uncomment the following two lines (and don't forget to add adms option
+# to the ../configure statement):
+#./autogen.sh --adms
+#if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   cd release64
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 64 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices
+  ../configure --with-x --with-readline=yes --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --disable-debug  CFLAGS="-m64 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m64 -s"
+else
+   cd release
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 32 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices
+  ../configure --with-x --with-readline=yes --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --disable-debug  CFLAGS="-m32 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m32 -s"
+fi
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+# make clean is required for properly making the code models
+echo "cleaning (see make_clean.log)"
+make clean 2>&1 -j8 | tee make_clean.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make clean failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "compiling (see make.log)"
+make 2>&1 -j8 | tee make.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "installing (see make_install.log)"
+make install 2>&1 | tee make_install.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make install failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo "success"
+exit 0
diff --git a/compile_linux_d.sh b/compile_linux_d.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# ngspice build script for LINUX, debug version, 32 or 64 bit
+# compile_linux_d.sh
+
+#Procedure:
+# Install development packages (including headers) for Xext, Xaw, Xmu, readline
+# Install gcc c++, libtool, bison, flex, auto tools
+# cd into ngspice directory, start compiling with
+# './compile_linux_d.sh' or './compile_linux_d.sh 64'
+
+# Options:
+# --adms and --enable-adms will install extra HICUM, EKV and MEXTRAM models via the
+# adms interface.
+# Please see http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/admshowto.html for more info on adms.
+# CIDER, XSPICE, and OpenMP may be selected at will.
+
+
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   if [ ! -d "debug64" ]; then
+      mkdir debug64
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir debug64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi
+else
+   if [ ! -d "debug" ]; then
+      mkdir debug
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir debug failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+# If compiling sources from git, you may need to uncomment the following two lines:
+./autogen.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# Alternatively, if compiling sources from git, and want to add adms created devices,
+# you may need to uncomment the following two lines (and don't forget to add adms option
+# to the ../configure statement):
+#./autogen.sh --adms
+#if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# In the following ../configure commands you will find an additional entry to the CFLAGS
+# '-fno-omit-frame-pointer'. This entry compensates for a compiler bug of actual mingw gcc 4.6.1.
+
+echo
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   cd debug64
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 64 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices
+  ../configure --with-x --with-readline=yes --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp  CFLAGS="-m64 -g" LDFLAGS="-m64 -g"
+else
+   cd debug
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 32 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices
+  ../configure --with-x --with-readline=yes --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp  CFLAGS="-m32 -g" LDFLAGS="-m32 -g"
+fi
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+# make clean is required for properly making the code models
+echo "cleaning (see make_clean.log)"
+make clean 2>&1 -j8 | tee make_clean.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make clean failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "compiling (see make.log)"
+make 2>&1 -j8 | tee make.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "installing (see make_install.log)"
+make install 2>&1 | tee make_install.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make install failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo "success"
+exit 0
diff --git a/compile_linux_shared_d.sh b/compile_linux_shared_d.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# ngspice build script for LINUX, debug version, 32 or 64 bit
+# compile_linux_shared_d.sh
+
+#Procedure:
+# Install development packages (including headers) for Xext, Xaw, Xmu, readline
+# Install gcc c++, libtool, bison, flex, auto tools
+# cd into ngspice directory, start compiling with
+# './compile_linux_d.sh' or './compile_linux_d.sh 64'
+
+# Options:
+# --adms and --enable-adms will install extra HICUM, EKV and MEXTRAM models via the
+# adms interface.
+# Please see http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/admshowto.html for more info on adms.
+# CIDER, XSPICE, and OpenMP may be selected at will.
+
+
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   if [ ! -d "debug-sh64" ]; then
+      mkdir debug-sh64
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir debug-sh64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi
+else
+   if [ ! -d "debug-sh" ]; then
+      mkdir debug-sh
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "mkdir debug-sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+# If compiling sources from git, you may need to uncomment the following two lines:
+./autogen.sh
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# Alternatively, if compiling sources from git, and want to add adms created devices,
+# you may need to uncomment the following two lines (and don't forget to add adms option
+# to the ../configure statement):
+#./autogen.sh --adms
+#if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "./autogen.sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+if test "$1" = "64"; then
+   cd debug-sh64
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd debug-sh64 failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 64 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices
+  ../configure --with-ngshared --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp  CFLAGS="-m64 -g" LDFLAGS="-m64 -g"
+else
+   cd debug-sh
+   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd debug-sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+  echo "configuring for 32 bit"
+  echo
+# You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices
+  ../configure --with-ngshared --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp  CFLAGS="-m32 -g" LDFLAGS="-m32 -g"
+fi
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo
+# make clean is required for properly making the code models
+echo "cleaning (see make_clean.log)"
+make clean 2>&1 -j8 | tee make_clean.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make clean failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "compiling (see make.log)"
+make 2>&1 -j8 | tee make.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "installing (see make_install.log)"
+make install 2>&1 | tee make_install.log
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make install failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+
+echo "success"
+exit 0