diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2276abc3..cb0ad164 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,14 +3,21 @@ project(LAS_VEGAS VERSION 2)
 
 # OPTIONS
 option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build the examples" OFF)
+option(BUILD_VIEWER "Build lvr2_viewer" OFF)
+option(BUILD_TOOLS "Build tools including lvr2_reconstruct" ON)
+option(BUILD_TOOLS_EXPERIMENTAL "Build experimental tools" OFF)
+option(WITH_DRACO "Build libraries with draco enabled" OFF)
 
 set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS On)
 set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY FIND_LIBRARY_USE_LIB64_PATHS ON)
 
+
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+
+
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
@@ -158,58 +165,70 @@ endif()
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Searching for Draco
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if(WITH_DRACO)
 find_package(Draco)
 if(draco_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Found Draco")
   include_directories(${draco_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_DRACO)
 endif(draco_FOUND)
+else(WITH_DRACO)
+  set(draco_FOUND False)
+endif(WITH_DRACO)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Searching for VTK
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-set(VTK_QT_VERSION 5)
-find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
+if(BUILD_VIEWER)
+#------
+# Here I assume VTK is only required for the lvr2_viewer
+# - VTK doesnt occur in the core library
+#------
 
-if(DEFINED VTK_MAJOR_VERSION AND VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "8")
-  # patched QVTKOpenGL header because of name clash with signals.
-  add_subdirectory(ext/QVTKOpenGLWidget)
-  include_directories(BEFORE ${QVTK_PATCHED_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-  list(APPEND LVR2_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${QVTK_PATCHED_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  set(VTK_QT_VERSION 5)
+  find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
 
-  list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK8)
-endif()
+  if(DEFINED VTK_MAJOR_VERSION AND VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "8")
+    # patched QVTKOpenGL header because of name clash with signals.
+    add_subdirectory(ext/QVTKOpenGLWidget)
+    include_directories(BEFORE ${QVTK_PATCHED_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+    list(APPEND LVR2_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${QVTK_PATCHED_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-if(DEFINED VTK_MAJOR_VERSION AND VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_LESS "6")
-  list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK5)
-endif()
+    list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK8)
+  endif()
 
-if(VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "7")
-    if(VTK_MINOR_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "0")
-        list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK_GE_7_1)
-    endif()
-endif()
+  if(DEFINED VTK_MAJOR_VERSION AND VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_LESS "6")
+    list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK5)
+  endif()
 
-if(VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7")
-  list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK_GE_7_1)
-endif()
+  if(VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "7")
+      if(VTK_MINOR_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "0")
+          list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK_GE_7_1)
+      endif()
+  endif()
 
-if(VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7")
+  if(VTK_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7")
+    list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK_GE_7_1)
+  endif()
 
-  list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK_GE_7_1)
-  set(VTK_COMPONENTS "${VTK_AVAILABLE_COMPONENTS}")
-  set(VTK_HAS_QT OFF)
-  foreach(VTK_COMPONENT ${VTK_COMPONENTS})
-    if("${VTK_COMPONENT}" STREQUAL "GUISupportQt")
-      set(VTK_HAS_QT ON)
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
+  if(VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7")
 
-  message(STATUS "VTK > 7 found")
-  if(VTK_HAS_QT)
-    message(STATUS "Found VTK compoment QVTK")
+    list(APPEND LVR2_DEFINITIONS -DLVR2_USE_VTK_GE_7_1)
+    set(VTK_COMPONENTS "${VTK_AVAILABLE_COMPONENTS}")
+    set(VTK_HAS_QT OFF)
+    foreach(VTK_COMPONENT ${VTK_COMPONENTS})
+      if("${VTK_COMPONENT}" STREQUAL "GUISupportQt")
+        set(VTK_HAS_QT ON)
+      endif()
+    endforeach()
+
+    message(STATUS "VTK > 7 found")
+    if(VTK_HAS_QT)
+      message(STATUS "Found VTK compoment QVTK")
+    endif()
   endif()
-endif()
+
+endif(BUILD_VIEWER)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Searching for NABO
@@ -470,12 +489,9 @@ endif()
 ###############################################################################
 # HEADERS
 ###############################################################################
-
 install(DIRECTORY include/lvr2 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
 list(APPEND LVR2_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
 
-
-
 ###############################################################################
 # VTK use file include. Has to be called after all CUDA code
 # was generated and compiled. The VTK definitions corrupt the
@@ -490,19 +506,20 @@ endif()
 ###############################################################################
 # LVR2 VIEWER CHECKS
 ###############################################################################
-
-find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Widgets Xml OpenGL)
-if(Qt5_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "Found QT5")
-  find_package(QVTK)
-  if(QVTK_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "Found QVTK ${QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    include_directories(${QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_viewer)
-  elseif(DEFINED VTK_VERSION AND VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7" AND VTK_HAS_QT)
-    add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_viewer)
-  endif(QVTK_FOUND)
-endif(Qt5_FOUND)
+if(BUILD_VIEWER)
+  find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Widgets Xml OpenGL)
+  if(Qt5_FOUND)
+    message(STATUS "Found QT5")
+    find_package(QVTK)
+    if(QVTK_FOUND)
+      message(STATUS "Found QVTK ${QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+      include_directories(${QVTK_INCLUDE_DIR})
+      add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_viewer)
+    elseif(DEFINED VTK_VERSION AND VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7" AND VTK_HAS_QT)
+      add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_viewer)
+    endif(QVTK_FOUND)
+  endif(Qt5_FOUND)
+endif(BUILD_VIEWER)
 
 ###############################################################################
 # LVR2 ASCII VIEWER CHECKS
@@ -582,45 +599,51 @@ add_subdirectory(src/liblvr2)
 # BINARIES
 ###############################################################################
 
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_reconstruct)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_dmc_reconstruction)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_gs_reconstruction)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_largescale_reconstruct)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_asciiconverter)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_transform)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_kaboom)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_octree_test)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_image_normals)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_plymerger)
-# add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5_builder)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5_builder_2)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5_mesh_builder)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_slam2hdf5)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5togeotiff)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_slam6d_merger)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_chunking)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_registration)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_mesh_reducer)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_chunking_server)
-add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_scanproject_parser)
-
-if(CURSES_FOUND AND embree_FOUND)
-    add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_ascii_viewer)
-endif()
+if(BUILD_TOOLS)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_reconstruct)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_mesh_reducer)
+endif(BUILD_TOOLS)
+
+if(BUILD_TOOLS_EXPERIMENTAL)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_dmc_reconstruction)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_gs_reconstruction)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_largescale_reconstruct)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_asciiconverter)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_transform)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_kaboom)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_octree_test)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_image_normals)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_plymerger)
+  # add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5_builder)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5_builder_2)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5_mesh_builder)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_slam2hdf5)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_hdf5togeotiff)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_slam6d_merger)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_chunking)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_registration)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_chunking_server)
+  add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_scanproject_parser)
+
+  if(CURSES_FOUND AND embree_FOUND)
+      add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_ascii_viewer)
+  endif()
 
-if (RiVLib_FOUND)
-    #add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_riegl_project_converter)
-endif()
+  if (RiVLib_FOUND)
+      #add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_riegl_project_converter)
+  endif()
 
-if(CUDA_FOUND)
-#    cuda_include_directories(ext/CTPL)
-    add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_cuda_normals)
-endif()
+  if(CUDA_FOUND)
+  #    cuda_include_directories(ext/CTPL)
+      add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_cuda_normals)
+  endif()
 
-if(OPENCL_FOUND)
-    add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_cl_normals)
-    add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_cl_sor)
-endif()
+  if(OPENCL_FOUND)
+      add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_cl_normals)
+      add_subdirectory(src/tools/lvr2_cl_sor)
+  endif()
+
+endif(BUILD_TOOLS_EXPERIMENTAL)
 
 if(BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     add_subdirectory(examples)
@@ -633,7 +656,7 @@ endif()
 
 include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 set(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR include/)
-set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR lib/)
+set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR lib)
 set(SYSCONFIG_INSTALL_DIR etc/lvr2/)
 
 install(EXPORT lvr2Targets
@@ -693,3 +716,5 @@ if( DOXYGEN_FOUND AND DOXYGEN_DOT_FOUND )
       WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
       COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen" VERBATIM )
 endif( DOXYGEN_FOUND AND DOXYGEN_DOT_FOUND )
+
+
diff --git a/LVR2Config.cmake.in b/LVR2Config.cmake.in
index 85cd6a2a..aa92103f 100644
--- a/LVR2Config.cmake.in
+++ b/LVR2Config.cmake.in
@@ -27,12 +27,16 @@ set(LVR2_DEFINITIONS @LVR2_DEFINITIONS@)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
+set(LVR2_LIB_DIR @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@)
+
 option(LVR2_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
 if(LVR2_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-  find_library(LVR2_LIBRARY NAMES lvr2_static)
+  # find_library(LVR2_LIBRARY NAMES lvr2_static)
+  set(LVR2_LIBRARY ${LVR2_LIB_DIR}/liblvr2_static.so)
   set(LVR2_LIBRARIES ${LVR2_LIBRARY})
 else()
-  find_library(LVR2_LIBRARY NAMES lvr2)
+  # find_library(LVR2_LIBRARY NAMES lvr2)
+  set(LVR2_LIBRARY ${LVR2_LIB_DIR}/liblvr2.so)
   set(LVR2_LIBRARIES ${LVR2_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 9a02a1eb..ceddd69a 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -31,15 +31,11 @@ The Las Vegas Surface Reconstruction Toolkit is an Open Source toolkit to recons
   <depend>libgdal-dev</depend>
   <depend>eigen</depend>
   <depend>ocl-icd-opencl-dev</depend>
-  <depend>libvtk</depend>
-  <depend>libvtk-qt</depend>
   <depend>boost</depend>
   <depend>glut</depend>
   <depend>libxi-dev</depend>
   <depend>libxmu-dev</depend>
   <depend>libhdf5-dev</depend>
-  <depend>qtbase5-dev</depend>
-  <depend>libqt5-opengl-dev</depend>
   <depend>lz4</depend>
   <depend>libopencv-dev</depend>
   <depend>yaml-cpp</depend>
diff --git a/src/liblvr2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/liblvr2/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d4e0759..9f667f4d 100644
--- a/src/liblvr2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/liblvr2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,18 +198,20 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
         reconstruction/cuda/CudaSurface.cu
     )
 
-    # Fix broken VTK flags
-    get_directory_property(dir_defs DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
-    set(vtk_flags)
-    foreach(it ${dir_defs})
-        if(it MATCHES "vtk*")
-        list(APPEND vtk_flags ${it})
-        endif()
-    endforeach()
-
-    foreach(d ${vtk_flags})
-        remove_definitions(-D${d})
-    endforeach()
+    if(VTK_FOUND)
+      # Fix broken VTK flags
+      get_directory_property(dir_defs DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+      set(vtk_flags)
+      foreach(it ${dir_defs})
+          if(it MATCHES "vtk*")
+          list(APPEND vtk_flags ${it})
+          endif()
+      endforeach()
+
+      foreach(d ${vtk_flags})
+          remove_definitions(-D${d})
+      endforeach()
+    endif(VTK_FOUND)
 
     message(STATUS "Building static LVR CUDA library")
     cuda_add_library(lvr2cuda_static STATIC ${LVR2_CUDA_SRC})