diff --git a/build/linux/Makefile b/build/linux/Makefile
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+VERSION=$(shell head -n 1 zentao/VERSION)
+
+all: 7z
+7z:
+	rm -fr logs/*
+	rm -fr var/mysql/*.err
+	rm -fr var/mysql/ib*
+	mkdir .package
+	mv * .package
+	mv .package lampp
+	mv lampp/Makefile .
+	7z a -sfx ZenTaoPMS.${VERSION}.linux.7z lampp
+clean:
+	mv lampp/* .
+	rm -fr *.7z
+	rm -fr lampp
diff --git a/build/linux/buildxmapp.sh b/build/linux/buildxmapp.sh
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+tar zxvf $1
+cd lampp
+
+# rm useless files.
+rm -fr RELEASENOTES
+rm -fr  error
+rm -fr icons
+rm -fr logs/*
+rm -fr htdocs/*
+rm -fr licenses
+rm -fr phpmyadmin
+rm -fr cgi-bin
+rm -fr libexec
+rm -fr tmp/*
+chmod -R 777 tmp
+
+# rm useless settings.
+rm -fr etc/proftpd.conf
+rm -fr etc/webalizer.conf*
+rm -fr etc/openldap
+rm -fr etc/original
+rm -fr etc/httpd.conf.bak
+rm -fr etc/lampp/startftp
+
+# rm useless binaries.
+mv bin bin.bak
+mkdir bin
+cd bin.bak 
+cp apachectl apxs my_print_defaults mysql mysql.server mysqld_safe mysqldump php php-config phpize httpd ../bin/
+cd ../
+rm -fr bin.bak
+
+# fix bug of the mysqld_safe
+sed -e 's/\/opt\/lampp\/\/opt\/lampp\/sbin/\/opt\/lampp\/sbin/g' bin/mysqld_safe > bin/mysqld_safe.new
+mv bin/mysqld_safe.new bin/mysqld_safe
+chmod a+rx bin/mysqld_safe
+
+# rm useless binaries at sbin directory, keep mysqld.
+mv sbin sbin.bak
+mkdir sbin
+mv sbin.bak/mysqld sbin/
+rm -fr sbin.bak
+
+# process share directory. keep english and lampp directory.
+mv share share.bak
+mkdir share
+mv share.bak/english share/
+mv share.bak/lampp share
+rm -fr share.bak
+
+# process lib directory.
+mv lib/php/extensions lib/phpextensions
+rm -fr lib/php
+mkdir lib/php
+mv lib/phpextensions lib/php/extensions
+rm -fr lib/perl5
+rm -fr lib/proftpd
+rm -fr lib/fonts
+
+# process var directory.
+rm -fr var/perl
+rm -fr var/proftpd*
+rm -fr var/mysql/cdcol
+rm -fr var/mysql/*.err
+rm -fr var/mysql/ib*
+rm -fr var/mysql/phpmyadmin
+rm -fr var/mysql/test
+chmod -R 777 var/mysql
+
+# process modules directory.
+rm -fr modules/mod_perl.so
+
+# copy customized xmapp config to etc/extra
+cp ../zentao.conf etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
+
+# copy the zentao code.
+mv ../../../zentaopms ./zentao
+
+# copy the makefile
+cp ../Makefile .
diff --git a/build/linux/zentao.conf b/build/linux/zentao.conf
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+# add support for php.
+LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
+AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 
+
+# adjust the mime settings.
+AddType image/x-icon .ico
+AddType image/gif .ico
+AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg
+AddType image/png .png
+AddType application/javascript .js
+
+# setting for zentao.
+Alias /zentao "/opt/lampp/zentao/www/"
+
+<Directory "/opt/lampp/zentao/www">
+  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes
+  AllowOverride All
+</Directory>