diff --git a/Core/build.xml b/Core/build.xml
index 9fcf7d5ace..68f69bd765 100644
--- a/Core/build.xml
+++ b/Core/build.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core</description>
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
     <import file="../BootstrapIvy.xml"/>
-    
+    <import file="../TSKVersion.xml"/>
+     
      
     <property name="thirdparty.dir" value="${basedir}/../thirdparty" />
     <property name="modules.dir" value="${basedir}/release/modules/" />
@@ -17,9 +18,7 @@
             <fileset dir="{basedir}/../../InternalPythonModules"/>
         </copy>
     </target>
-	
-	<property name="VERSION" value="4.6.0"/>
-    
+
     <target name="get-thirdparty-dependencies" description="get third-party dependencies"> 
         <!--Copy openCV dependencies to release-->
         <copy todir="${modules.dir}" >
@@ -57,8 +56,8 @@
     
     <target name="getTSKJars" depends="findTSK">
         <property environment="env"/>
-        <copy file="${env.TSK_HOME}/bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-postgresql-${VERSION}.jar" 
-              tofile="${ext.dir}/sleuthkit-postgresql-${VERSION}.jar"/>
+        <copy file="${env.TSK_HOME}/bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-postgresql-${TSK_VERSION}.jar" 
+              tofile="${ext.dir}/sleuthkit-postgresql-${TSK_VERSION}.jar"/>
         <copy file="${env.TSK_HOME}/bindings/java/lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.8.11.jar"
               tofile="${ext.dir}/sqlite-jdbc-3.8.11.jar"/>
         <copy file="${env.TSK_HOME}/bindings/java/lib/postgresql-9.4.1211.jre7.jar" 
diff --git a/TSKVersion.xml b/TSKVersion.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..544d73ea7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TSKVersion.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<project name="TSK_VERSION">
+    <property name="TSK_VERSION" value="4.6.0"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index ef5ad87980..ae2035fc1b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <description>Builds the module suite Autopsy 4.</description>
 	
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
-    
+    <import file="${basedir}/TSKVersion.xml"/>
     <!-- IMPORTANT: nbproject/platform.properties has a netbeans-plat-version property that MUST be kept in sync (manually) -->
     <property name="netbeans-plat-version" value="8.2" />
     <property name="nbplatform.active.dir" value="${basedir}/netbeans-plat/${netbeans-plat-version}" />
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
         <delete dir="${zip-tmp}"/>
         <mkdir dir="${zip-tmp}"/>
         <unzip src="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}.zip" dest="${zip-tmp}"/>
+        
+        <!-- Disable the Experimental module by default for the installed version.  Need to update .lastModified time for change to be seen. -->
+        <replace file="${zip-tmp}/autopsy/autopsy/config/Modules/org-sleuthkit-autopsy-experimental.xml" token="&lt;param name=&quot;enabled&quot;&gt;true&lt;/param&gt;" value="&lt;param name=&quot;enabled&quot;&gt;false&lt;/param&gt;"/>
+        <echo file="${zip-tmp}/autopsy/autopsy/.lastModified" message="" />
 
         <!-- step (3) do your copying stuff here, check the ant doc for copy, move, etc file -->
         <copy file="${nbplatform.active.dir}/platform/modules/ext/junit-4.10.jar"
@@ -87,6 +91,13 @@
         <copy file="${basedir}/LICENSE-2.0.txt" tofile="${zip-tmp}/${app.name}/LICENSE-2.0.txt"/>
         <copy file="${basedir}/NEWS.txt" tofile="${zip-tmp}/${app.name}/NEWS.txt"/>
         <copy file="${basedir}/KNOWN_ISSUES.txt" tofile="${zip-tmp}/${app.name}/KNOWN_ISSUES.txt"/>
+        <if>
+            <equals arg1="${os.family}" arg2="unix"/>
+            <then>
+                <copy file="${basedir}/unix_setup.sh" tofile="${zip-tmp}/${app.name}/unix_setup.sh"/>
+                <replaceregexp file="${zip-tmp}/${app.name}/unix_setup.sh" match="TSK_VERSION=(.*)" replace="TSK_VERSION=${TSK_VERSION}" byline="true"/>
+            </then>
+        </if>
         <if>
             <equals arg1="${os.family}" arg2="windows"/>
             <then>
@@ -286,10 +297,6 @@
     <target name="build-installer" depends="getProps, doxygen, build-zip" description="Builds Autopsy installer.">
         <delete dir="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-installer" quiet="true"/>
         <unzip src="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-${app.version}.zip" dest="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-installer"/>
-	    
-        <!-- Disable the Experimental module by default for the installed version.  Need to update .lastModified time for change to be seen. -->
-        <replace file="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-installer/autopsy/config/modules/org-sleuthkit-autopsy-experimental.xml" token="&lt;param name=&quot;enabled&quot;&gt;true&lt;/param&gt;" value="&lt;param name=&quot;enabled&quot;&gt;false&lt;/param&gt;"/>
-        <echo file="${nbdist.dir}/${app.name}-installer/autopsy/.lastModified" message="" />
         
         <antcall target="build-installer-${os.family}" />
     </target>
diff --git a/nbproject/project.properties b/nbproject/project.properties
index 781ec2c83b..0cb7b69b5e 100644
--- a/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ app.name=${branding.token}
 ### if left unset, version will default to today's date
 app.version=4.6.0
 ### build.type must be one of: DEVELOPMENT, RELEASE
-#build.type=RELEASE
-build.type=DEVELOPMENT
+build.type=RELEASE
+#build.type=DEVELOPMENT
 
 project.org.netbeans.progress=org-netbeans-api-progress
 project.org.sleuthkit.autopsy.experimental=Experimental
diff --git a/unix_setup.sh b/unix_setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..93a98ae1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unix_setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Verifies programs are installed and copies native code into the Autopsy folder structure
+
+TSK_VERSION=4.6.0
+
+# Verify PhotoRec was installed
+photorec_filepath=/usr/bin/photorec
+if [ -f "$photorec_filepath"  ]; then
+	echo "$photorec_filepath found"
+else
+	echo "ERROR: Photorec not found, please install the testdisk package"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Verify Java was installed and configured
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ];  then
+	if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]; then
+		echo "Java found in $JAVA_HOME"
+	else
+		echo "ERROR: Java was not found in $JAVA_HOME"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+else
+    	echo "ERROR: JAVA_HOME environment variable must be defined"
+    	exit 1	
+fi
+
+# Verify Sleuth Kit Java was installed
+sleuthkit_jar_filepath=/usr/share/java/sleuthkit-$TSK_VERSION.jar;
+ext_jar_filepath=$PWD/autopsy/modules/ext/sleuthkit-postgresql-$TSK_VERSION.jar;
+if [ -f "$sleuthkit_jar_filepath" ]; then
+	echo "$sleuthkit_jar_filepath found"
+	echo "Copying into the Autopsy directory"
+    	rm $ext_jar_filepath;
+    	if [ "$?" -gt 0 ]; then  #checking if remove operation failed
+        	echo "exiting .."
+        	exit 1
+    	else
+        	cp $sleuthkit_jar_filepath $ext_jar_filepath
+        	if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then # checking copy operation was successful
+        		echo "exiting..."
+        		exit 1
+        	fi
+    	fi
+else
+	echo "ERROR: $sleuthkit_jar_filepath not found, please install the sleuthkit-java.deb file"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# make sure it is executable
+chmod +x bin/autopsy
+
+echo "Autopsy is now configured. You can execute bin/autopsy to start it"