diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/00Readme b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/00Readme
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+This is the build directory for RPM based Linux distributions like RedHat
+Enterprise Linux and compatible distributions (CentOS, Oracle Linux, ...) or
+Fedora.
+
+To create an RPM package (as well as Source RPM) for your distribution, just
+run the makePackages.sh script found in this directory, like so:
+
+	./makepackages.sh
+
+The script needs the rpmbuild command, which is part of the rpm-build package.
+
+In case any build dependency is missing, the rpmbuild command will fail. Just
+install the missing package(s) and restart the script (Hint: all needed
+packages are listed in the provided retroshare06.spec file.)
diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/24x24 b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/24x24
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+../../Debian+Ubuntu/data/24x24
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diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/48x48 b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/48x48
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+../../Debian+Ubuntu/data/48x48
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diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/64x64 b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/64x64
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+++ b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/64x64
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+../../Debian+Ubuntu/data/64x64
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diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/retroshare.desktop b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/retroshare.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=RetroShare06
+Comment=Securely share files with your friends
+Exec=/usr/bin/RetroShare06
+Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/retroshare06.xpm
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Network;P2P;
diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/retroshare.png b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/retroshare.png
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+../../Debian+Ubuntu/data/retroshare.png
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diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/retroshare.xpm b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/retroshare.xpm
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+++ b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/data/retroshare.xpm
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+../../Debian+Ubuntu/data/retroshare.xpm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/makePackages.sh b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/makePackages.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+###################### PARAMETERS ####################
+VERSION="0.6.0"
+######################################################
+dirs -c
+
+echo "This script is going to build the RedHat family source package for RetroShare, from a clone of the GitHub repository."
+
+# Parse options
+while [[ ${#} > 0 ]]
+do
+    case ${1} in
+        "-h") shift
+            echo "Package building script for RedHat family distributions"
+            echo "Usage:"
+            echo "  ${0}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        "*") echo "Unknown option"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+GITROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+DATE=$(git log --pretty=format:"%ai" | head -1 | cut -d\  -f1 | sed -e s/-//g)
+HASH=$(git log --pretty=format:"%H" | head -1 | cut -c1-8)
+REV=${DATE}.${HASH}
+FULL_VERSION=${VERSION}.${REV}
+
+echo "Using version number: ${VERSION}"
+echo "Using revision: ${REV}"
+echo "Hit ENTER if this is correct. Otherwise hit Ctrl+C"
+read tmp
+
+WORKDIR="retroshare06-${FULL_VERSION}"
+
+if [[ -d ${WORKDIR} ]]
+then
+    echo "Removing the directory ${WORKDIR}..."
+    rm -rf ${WORKDIR}
+fi
+mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/src
+
+echo "Copying sources into workdir..."
+rsync -rc --exclude build_scripts ${GITROOT}/* ${WORKDIR}/src
+rsync -rc --copy-links data ${WORKDIR}/src
+pushd ${WORKDIR} >/dev/null
+
+# Cloning sqlcipher
+echo "Cloning sqlcipher repository..."
+mkdir lib
+pushd lib >/dev/null
+git clone https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.git
+pushd sqlcipher >/dev/null
+git checkout v3.3.1
+rm -rf .git
+popd >/dev/null
+popd >/dev/null
+
+# VOIP tweak  
+cp src/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.ui src/plugins/VOIP/gui/PopupChatDialog.ui
+
+# cleaning up protobof generated files
+rm -f src/retroshare-nogui/src/rpc/proto/gencc/*.pb.h
+rm -f src/retroshare-nogui/src/rpc/proto/gencc/*.pb.cc
+
+# setup version numbers
+echo "Setting version numbers..."
+sed -e "s%RS_REVISION_NUMBER.*%RS_REVISION_NUMBER   0x${HASH}%" src/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsversion.in >src/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsversion.h
+popd >/dev/null
+
+echo "Creating RPMs..."
+[[ -d rpm-build/rpm ]] || mkdir -p rpm-build/rpm
+pushd rpm-build/rpm >/dev/null
+for DIR in BUILD RPMS SOURCES SPECS SRPMS
+do
+  [[ -d ${DIR} ]] || mkdir ${DIR}
+done
+popd >/dev/null
+tar -zcf rpm-build/rpm/SOURCES/${WORKDIR}.tar.gz ${WORKDIR}
+rpmbuild --define="%rev ${REV}" --define="%_usrsrc $PWD/rpm-build" --define="%_topdir %{_usrsrc}/rpm" -ba retroshare06.spec
+rm -rf ${WORKDIR}
+exit 0
diff --git a/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/retroshare06.spec b/build_scripts/RedHat+Fedora/retroshare06.spec
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+Summary: Secure communication with friends
+Name: retroshare06
+Version: 0.6.0.%{rev}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+License: GPLv3
+Group: Productivity/Networking/Other
+URL: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/
+Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
+Requires: qt-x11
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++ qt-devel desktop-file-utils libgnome-keyring-devel glib2-devel libssh-devel protobuf-devel libcurl-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel openssl-devel libXScrnSaver-devel libupnp-devel bzip2-devel libmicrohttpd-devel
+# This is because of sqlcipher:
+BuildRequires: tcl
+
+%description
+RetroShare is a decentralized, private and secure commmunication and sharing platform. RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, forums and channels.
+
+Authors:
+see http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/team.html
+
+%package nogui
+Summary:   RetroShare cli client
+Group:     Productivity/Network/Other
+Requires:  openssl
+Conflicts: %name = %{version}
+
+%description nogui
+This is the command-line client for RetroShare network. This client can be contacted and talked-to using SSL. Clients exist for portable devices running e.g. Android.
+
+%package voip-plugin
+Summary:  RetroShare VOIP plugin
+Group:    Productivity/Networking/Other
+Requires: %name = %{version}
+BuildRequires: opencv-devel speex-devel
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 22
+BuildRequires: speexdsp-devel
+%endif
+
+%description voip-plugin
+This package provides a plugin for RetroShare, a secured Friend-to-Friend communication platform. The plugin adds voice-over-IP functionality to the private chat window. Both friends chatting together need the plugin installed to be able to talk together.
+
+%package feedreader-plugin
+Summary:  RetroShare FeedReader plugin
+Group:    Productivity/Networking/Other
+Requires: %name = %{version}
+
+%description feedreader-plugin
+This package provides a plugin for RetroShare, a secured Friend-to-Friend communication platform. The plugin adds a RSS feed reader tab to retroshare.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -a 0
+
+%build
+cd lib/sqlcipher
+./configure --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" LDFLAGS="-lcrypto"
+make
+cd -
+cd src
+qmake-qt4 CONFIG=release RetroShare.pro
+make
+cd -
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pixmaps
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/RetroShare06
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/retroshare/extensions6
+#bin
+install -m 755 src/retroshare-gui/src/RetroShare $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/RetroShare06
+install -m 755 src/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/RetroShare06-nogui
+#icons
+install -m 644 src/data/retroshare.xpm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pixmaps/retroshare06.xpm
+install -m 644 src/data/24x24/retroshare.png $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/retroshare06.png
+install -m 644 src/data/48x48/retroshare.png $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/retroshare06.png
+install -m 644 src/data/64x64/retroshare.png $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/retroshare06.png
+install -m 644 src/data/retroshare.desktop $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/retroshare06.desktop
+install -m 644 src/libbitdht/src/bitdht/bdboot.txt $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/RetroShare06/
+#plugins
+install -m 755 src/plugins/VOIP/libVOIP.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/retroshare/extensions6/
+install -m 755 src/plugins/FeedReader/libFeedReader.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/retroshare/extensions6/
+#menu
+desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/retroshare06.desktop
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_bindir}/RetroShare06
+%defattr(644, root, root)
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}.xpm  
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor
+%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
+%{_datadir}/RetroShare06
+
+%files nogui
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+%{_bindir}/RetroShare06-nogui
+%defattr(644, root, root)
+%{_datadir}/RetroShare06
+
+%files voip-plugin
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+/usr/lib/retroshare/extensions6/libVOIP.so
+
+%files feedreader-plugin
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+/usr/lib/retroshare/extensions6/libFeedReader.so
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Apr  4 2015 Heini <noreply@nowhere.net> - 
+- Initial build.
+