diff --git a/scripts/ubuntu-install/installDependenciesAndBuildRepo.sh b/scripts/ubuntu-install/installDependenciesAndBuildRepo.sh
index aeb6e1af..8b6c37ee 100755
--- a/scripts/ubuntu-install/installDependenciesAndBuildRepo.sh
+++ b/scripts/ubuntu-install/installDependenciesAndBuildRepo.sh
@@ -21,13 +21,24 @@ libbz2-dev libglfw3-dev libglm-dev libfltk1.3-dev doxygen mkdocs qtchooser freeg
 echo on
 echo "building LibreCAD"
 git submodule update
+
+git clone --branch LibreCAD_3 https://github.com/LibreCAD/libdxfrw
+mkdir -p libdxfrw/release
+pushd libdxfrw/release
+echo "building dxfrw"
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On ..
+make -j 4
+echo "installing dxfrw"
+sudo make install
+popd
+
+echo "building LibreCAD"
 mkdir build
 pushd build
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On
 make -j 4
 echo "installing LibreCAD"
 sudo make install DESTDIR=AppDir
-echo "installing LibreCAD"
 popd
 
 #cd /usr/src/gtest
@@ -38,14 +49,5 @@ popd
 #cd lib #meeded in ubuntu 20.04+
 #sudo cp ./*.a /usr/lib
 
-git clone --branch LibreCAD_3 https://github.com/LibreCAD/libdxfrw
-cd libdxfrw
-mkdir release
-cd release
-echo "building dxfrw"
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On ..
-make -j 4
-echo "installing dxfrw"
-sudo make install DESTDIR=AppDir