diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d802b18b..1e4f830e5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 # //The rest of the script relies on it to figure out relative position
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Find PETSc because the entire build will rely on it
-if (NOT DEFINED PETSC_DIR)
-    message (FATAL_ERROR "PETSC_DIR is not found!")
-endif (NOT DEFINED PETSC_DIR)
+# Find PETSc from environment
+set(PETSC_DIR $ENV{PETSC_DIR})
+
+# if (NOT DEFINED PETSC_DIR)
+#     message (FATAL_ERROR "PETSC_DIR is not found!")
+# endif (NOT DEFINED PETSC_DIR)
 
 exec_program(mktemp ARGS -d OUTPUT_VARIABLE PETSC_TEMP)
 
@@ -428,16 +430,16 @@ set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG       "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${CMAKE_Fortr
 set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG       "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${DEBUG_FLAGS}"        )
 
 # Finalizing, adding PREFIX and SUFFIX to compiler chain
-set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
-set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG     "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG}   ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
+set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${BUILDCMD_PRE} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${BUILDCMD_POST}")
+set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG     "${BUILDCMD_PRE} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG}   ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${BUILDCMD_POST}")
 set (CMAKE_LINKER                  "${PETSC_LINKER}")
 
 if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RELEASE")
     set (CMAKE_Fortran_LINK_EXECUTABLE
-      "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}  ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
+      "${BUILDCMD_PRE} ${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}  ${BUILDCMD_POST}")
 else("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RELEASE")
     set (CMAKE_Fortran_LINK_EXECUTABLE
-      "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}  ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
+      "${BUILDCMD_PRE} ${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}  ${BUILDCMD_POST}")
 endif("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RELEASE")
 
 message("***COMPILE FLAGS:\n${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE}\n")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e7286eff..561b13bd9 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
 # Makefile for the installation of DAMASK
 ########################################################################################
 .PHONY: all
-all: spectral marc processing
+all: spectral FEM
 
-.PHONY: spectral
-spectral:
-	$(MAKE) DAMASK_spectral.exe -C src
+
+spectral: build
+	@if [ ! -d build/spectral ]; then mkdir build/spectral; fi
+	(cd build/spectral; cmake ../../ ;)
+
+build:
+	mkdir build
 
 .PHONY: FEM
 FEM:
@@ -32,11 +36,7 @@ tidy:
 	@$(MAKE) tidy -C src >/dev/null
 
 .PHONY: clean
+
+
 clean:
-	@$(MAKE) cleanDAMASK -C src >/dev/null
-
-.PHONY: install
-install:
-	@./installation/symlink_Code.py ${MAKEFLAGS}
-	@./installation/symlink_Processing.py ${MAKEFLAGS}
-
+	rm -rvf build
diff --git a/build_spectral.sh b/build_spectral.sh
index 874f6d4a8..2c57830be 100755
--- a/build_spectral.sh
+++ b/build_spectral.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ else
   DAMASK_ROOT=${STAT##* }
 fi
 
-DAMASKVERSION=$(cat VERSION)
 BUILDROOT=$DAMASK_ROOT/build
 BUILDDIR=spectral
 
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ cd $BUILDDIR
 ##
 # CMake call
 # PETSC_DIR                |  PETSC directory
-# DAMASK_V                 |  DAMASK current revision
 # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE         |  Default set to release (no debugging output)
 # CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE   |  [ON/OFF] toggle makefile verbose output
 # OPENMP                   |  [ON/OFF]
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ cd $BUILDDIR
 # BUILDCMD_POST            |  Compiler suffix,
 #                          |    e.g. DAMASK_SUFFIX="-Wl,--verbose"
 cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}          \
-      -D DAMASK_V=${DAMASKVERSION}       \
       -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE        \
       -D CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=OFF      \
       -D OPENMP=ON                       \
@@ -56,8 +53,6 @@ cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}          \
       -D BUILDCMD_POST="-Wl,--verbose"   \
       ../..
 
-echo
-echo "Please move to the build directory using"
-echo "    cd build/spectral"
-echo "Using the following command to build DAMASK spectral solver"
-echo "    make clean all install"
+echo "Start compiling DAMASK_spectral"
+make
+make install
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