diff --git a/installation/setup_shellrc b/installation/setup_shellrc
deleted file mode 100755
index 8a8b14ab8..000000000
--- a/installation/setup_shellrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os,sys,string,re
-from optparse import OptionParser
-
-pathInfo = {\
-            'acml': 'lib/acml4.4.0',
-            'fftw': 'lib/fftw',
-            'msc':  '/msc',
-           }
-
-validShells = {\
-               'bash':['.bashrc','.bash_profile'],
-               'csh': ['.cshrc'],
-              }
-
-environment = {\
-                'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': {'delete':'"acml"',                                                 # what keywords trigger item deletion from existing path 
-                                    'substitute':'[os.path.join(pathInfo["acml"],"ifort64_mp/lib"),\
-                                                   os.path.join(pathInfo["acml"],"ifort64/lib")]',     # what to substitute for deleted path items
-                                    'append': True,                                                    # whether new entries append to existing ${env}
-                                   },
-                'PYTHONPATH':      {'delete':'os.path.join(DamaskRoot,"lib")',
-                                    'substitute':'[os.path.join(DamaskRoot,"lib")]',
-                                    'append': True,
-                                   },
-                'DAMASK_ROOT':     {'delete':'DamaskRoot',
-                                    'substitute':'[DamaskRoot]',
-                                    'append': False,
-                                   },
-              }
-parser = OptionParser(usage="%prog [options]", description = """
-Sets up your shell resource to be compatible with DAMASK. 
-""" + string.replace('$Id$','\n','\\n')
-)
-
-parser.add_option("-s","--shell", type="string", 
-                  dest = "shell", \
-                  help = "type of shell, e.g. "+', '.join(validShells.keys())+" [%default]")
-
-parser.set_defaults(shell = 'bash')
-
-(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
-
-DamaskRoot = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])),'../'))
-
-try:                                        # check for user-defined pathinfo
-  file = open(os.path.join(DamaskRoot,'lib/pathinfo'))
-  content = file.readlines()
-  file.close()
-  for line in content:
-    pathinfo[line.split()[0].lower()] = os.path.normpath(line.split()[1])
-except:
-  pass
-
-theShell = options.shell.lower()
-theHome = os.getenv('USERPROFILE') or os.getenv('HOME')
-
-if theShell == 'bash':
-  for theRC in validShells[theShell]:
-    thePath = os.path.join(theHome,theRC)
-    if os.path.exists(thePath):
-      rc = open(os.path.join(theHome,theRC))
-      content = map(string.strip,rc.readlines())
-      rc.close()
-
-      output = []
-      for envVar in environment.keys(): environment[envVar]['matched'] = False
-  
-      for line in content:
-        for envVar,data in environment.items():
-          m = re.search(r'^(.*?%s=)([^;]*)(.*)$'%envVar,line)
-          if m:
-            substitute = eval(data['substitute'])+[path for path in m.group(2).split(':') if eval(data['delete']) not in path]
-            line = m.group(1)+':'.join(substitute)+m.group(3)
-            environment[envVar]['matched'] = True
-
-        output.append(line)
-
-      for envVar,data in environment.items():
-        if not data['matched']:
-          output.append('export %s=%s'%(envVar,':'.join(eval(data['substitute'])+{True:['${%s}'%envVar],False:[]}[data['append']])))
-
-      rc = open(os.path.join(theHome,theRC),'w')
-      rc.write('\n'.join(output)+'\n')
-      rc.close()
-
-elif theShell == 'csh':
-  print 'csh not supported yet...'
diff --git a/installation/setup_shellrc.py b/installation/setup_shellrc.py
index 8a8b14ab8..964ab7742 100755
--- a/installation/setup_shellrc.py
+++ b/installation/setup_shellrc.py
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ environment = {\
                                     'substitute':'[DamaskRoot]',
                                     'append': False,
                                    },
+                'PATH':            {'delete':'os.path.join(DamaskRoot,"bin")',
+                                    'substitute':'[os.path.join(DamaskRoot,"bin")]',
+                                    'append': True,
+                                   },
               }
 parser = OptionParser(usage="%prog [options]", description = """
 Sets up your shell resource to be compatible with DAMASK. 
diff --git a/processing/setup/setup_processing.py b/processing/setup/setup_processing.py
index 4fe7ee496..87f5dc17a 100755
--- a/processing/setup/setup_processing.py
+++ b/processing/setup/setup_processing.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 import os,sys,glob
 
+import damask_tools; reload(damask_tools)
+damask_tools.DAMASK_TOOLS().check_env()
+
 bin_link = { \
 				'pre' : [
 							'marc_addUserOutput.py',
@@ -56,22 +59,28 @@ execute = { \
 							],
 						}
 
-#homedir = os.getenv('HOME')
+homedir = os.getenv('HOME')
 #basedir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]),'..')
-homedir = os.getenv('DAMASK_ROOT')
+damask_root = os.getenv('DAMASK_ROOT')
 basedir = os.getenv('DAMASK_ROOT')+'/processing/'
 
 for dir in bin_link:
   for file in bin_link[dir]:
     src = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(basedir,dir,file))
     if (file == ''):
-      dst = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(homedir,'bin',dir))
+      sym_link = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(damask_root,'bin',dir))
     else:
-      dst = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(homedir,'bin',os.path.splitext(file)[0]))
-    print src,'-->',dst
-    if os.path.lexists(dst):
-      os.remove(dst)
-    os.symlink(src,dst)
+      sym_link = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(damask_root,'bin',os.path.splitext(file)[0]))
+    print sym_link,'-->',src
+    if os.path.lexists(sym_link):
+      os.remove(sym_link)    
+    os.symlink(src,sym_link)
+    
+    #--- uncomment next lines to remove your old symbolic links in ~/bin
+    #old_link=sym_link.replace(damask_root,homedir)
+    #if os.path.lexists(old_link):
+    #  os.remove(old_link)
+
     
 for dir in compile:
   for file in compile[dir]: