diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
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index 80f8cdb..0000000
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: David J. Allen <davidallendj@gmail.com>
-pkgname=gdpm
-pkgver=0.0.1
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="CLI tool to automate managing Godot game engine assets from the command-line. This includes a pre-built, static binary."
-arch=('x86_64')
-url="https://github.com/davidallendj/gdpm"
-license=('MIT')
-#groups=
-depends=('glibc')
-makedepends=('cmake', 'make', 'clang')
-source=("https://github.com/davidallendj/gdpm/releases/download/v$pkgver/$pkgname.static.$arch.linux.static")
-sha256sums=('012e3c32511d6d762ac070808e8bcae7f68dd261bf1cad3dbf4607c97aa1bb3d')
-
-build () {
-	# shouldn't need to build anything with static binary...
-}
-
-package() {
-	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
-	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" install
-}
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diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
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@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+# set up variables and glob files
+env             = Environment(
+    CPPPATH     = Glob('include/*.hpp'),
+    CPPDEFINES  = [],
+    LIBS        = []
+)
+base_name       = "gdpm"
+include_files   = Glob('include/*.hpp')
+source_files    = Glob('src/*.cpp')
+test_files      = Glob('tests/*.cpp')
+compile_flags   = ""
+
+# build the main executable and tests
+env.Program(f'{base_name}', source_files)
+env.Program(f'{base_name}.tests', test_files)
+
+# build the static library
+StaticLibrary(f'{base_name}-static')
+
+# build the shared libraries
+SharedLibrary(f'{base_name}-shared')
+SharedLibrary(f'{base_name}-static')
+SharedLibrary(f'{base_name}-http')
+SharedLibrary(f'{base_name}-restapi')
diff --git a/dist/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/dist/archlinux/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4e49b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/archlinux/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Maintainer: David J. Allen <davidallendj@gmail.com>
+pkgname=gdpm-git
+pkgver=r86.a6635b1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="CLI tool to automate managing Godot game engine assets from the command-line. This includes a pre-built, static binary."
+arch=('x86_64')
+url="https://github.com/davidallendj/gdpm"
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('glibc')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja' 'clang' 'gcc')
+optdepends=('meson' 'make')
+source=("$pkgname-$pkgver::git+https://github.com/davidallendj/gdpm")
+sha256sums=('SKIP')
+
+pkgver() {
+	printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+}
+
+prepare() {
+	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+
+	# update and initialize submodules
+	git submodule update --init modules/argparse
+	git submodule update --init modules/tabulate
+	git submodule update --init modules/indicators
+	git submodule update --init modules/csv2
+
+	# link module headers to include/*
+	ln -s ../modules/argparse/include/argparse include/argparse
+	ln -s ../modules/tabulate/include/tabulate include/tabulate
+	ln -s ../modules/indicators/include/indicators include/indicators
+	ln -s ../modules/csv2/include/csv2 include/csv2
+}
+
+build () {
+	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+	bin/compile.sh --all
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+	
+	# install the binary to /usr/bin
+	mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
+	install -m755 build/gdpm.static "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/gdpm"
+}