diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 08350da..40b36fd 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ do
  fi
 done
 
+source ${BASEDOR/}lib/00-depcheck.func.sh
+
 if [ ! -f "./BUILDNO" ];
 then
  echo '0' > ./BUILDNO
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ BUILD="$(cat BUILDNO)"
 BUILD="$(expr ${BUILD} + 1)"
 echo ${BUILD} > ./BUILDNO
 BUILDTIME="$(date)"
-BUILD_MACHINE="$(hostname -f)"
+BUILD_MACHINE="$(hostname -f) (${HOST_DIST})"
 #BUILD_USERNAME="${SUDO_USER}"
 #BUILD_USERNAME="$(who am i | awk '{print $1}')"
 set +e ; logname > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -111,18 +113,18 @@ EOF
 
 ## FUNCTIONS ##
 
-source lib/00-depcheck.func.sh
-source lib/02-im_batman.func.sh
-source lib/03-holla_atcha_boi.func.sh
-source lib/04-release_me.func.sh
-source lib/05-facehugger.func.sh
-source lib/06-chroot_wrapper.func.sh
-source lib/07-jenny_craig.func.sh
-source lib/08-centos_is_stupid.func.sh
-source lib/09-will_it_blend.func.sh
-source lib/10-stuffy.func.sh
-source lib/11-yo_dj.func.sh
-source lib/12-mentos.func.sh
+#source ${BASEDIR}/lib/00-depcheck.func.sh ## this should be called like, VERYYYY first thing, right after sanity/safety checks and such.
+#source ${BASEDIR}/lib/01-mk.chroot.func.sh ## this is called automatically and only if no chroot exists
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/02-holla_atcha_boi.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/03-release_me.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/04-facehugger.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/05-chroot_wrapper.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/06-jenny_craig.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/07-centos_is_stupid.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/09-stuffy.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/10-yo_dj.func.sh
+source ${BASEDIR}/lib/11-mentos.func.sh
 
 ## The Business-End(TM) ##
 
diff --git a/lib/00-depcheck.func.sh b/lib/00-depcheck.func.sh
index ff3ca03..079dc3f 100755
--- a/lib/00-depcheck.func.sh
+++ b/lib/00-depcheck.func.sh
@@ -11,25 +11,69 @@ function so_check_me_out {
    fi  
  fi
 
- if [[ -z ${HOST_DIST} ]]; 
+ if [[ -z "${HOST_DIST}" ]]; 
  then
-   for dist_profile in $(find ${BASEDIR}/lib/prereqs -type f -name 'meta');
+   for dist_profile in $(find "${BASEDIR}"/lib/prereqs -type f -name 'meta');
    do  
      source ${dist_profile}
-     if [[ ${SUPPORTED} != "yes" ]];
+     if [[ "${SUPPORTED}" != "yes" ]];
      then
        continue 
      fi
      eval "${CHECK_METHOD}" > /dev/null 2>&1
      if [[ "${?}" == "0" ]]; 
      then
-       export HOST_DIST=${NAME}
+       export HOST_DIST="${NAME}"
        echo "Detected distro as ${HOST_DIST}."
        break 2
      fi
    done
  fi
 
-# So we've validated the distro. Here, check for packages and install if necessary. maybe use an array, but it'd be better to soft-fail if one of the packages is missing.
+ # Sanity is important.
+ if [[ -z "${HOST_DIST}" ]];
+ then
+   echo "ERROR: Your distro was not found/detected, or is flagged as unsupported."
+   exit 1
+ fi
 
+ # So we've validated the distro. Here, check for packages and install if necessary. maybe use an array, but it'd be better to soft-fail if one of the packages is missing.
+
+ DISTRO_DIR="${BASEDIR}/lib/prereqs/${HOST_DIST}"
+ META="${DISTRO_DIR}/meta"
+ PKGLIST="${DISTRO_DIR}/pkgs"
+
+ if [[ "${PRE_RUN}" != 'none' ]];
+ then
+   echo "Now updating your local package cache..."
+   set +e
+   eval "${PRE_RUN}" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+   if [[ "${?}" != "0" ]];
+   then
+     echo "ERROR: Syncing your local package cache via ${PRE_RUN} command failed."
+     echo "Please ensure you are connected to the Internet/have repositories configured correctly."
+     exit 1
+   fi
+ fi
+
+ while read pkgname;
+ do
+   eval "${PKG_CHK}" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+   if [[ "${?}" != "0" ]];
+   then
+     echo "Installing ${pkgname}..."
+     eval "${PKG_MGR}" >> "${LOGFILE}.${FUNCNAME}" 2>&1
+     if [[ "${?}" != "0" ]];
+     then
+       echo "ERROR: ${pkgname} was not found to be installed and we can't install it."
+       echo "This usually means you aren't connected to the Internet or your package repositories"
+       echo "are not configured correctly. Review the list of packages in ${PKGLIST} and ensure"
+       echo "they are all available to be installed."
+     fi
+   fi
+ done < ${PKGLIST}
+
+ set -e
 }
+
+so_check_me_out
diff --git a/lib/03-holla_atcha_boi.func.sh b/lib/02-holla_atcha_boi.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/03-holla_atcha_boi.func.sh
rename to lib/02-holla_atcha_boi.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/02-im_batman.func.sh b/lib/02-im_batman.func.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cf972a..0000000
--- a/lib/02-im_batman.func.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-function im_batman {
-  set +e # false errors are bad mmk
-  # Detect the distro and set some vars
-  if [ -f "/usr/bin/yum" ]; # CentOS/Redhat, etc.
-  then
-    OS_STRING='RHEL-like'
-    DISTRO='RHEL'
-    INST_CMD='yum -y install '
-  elif [ -f "/usr/bin/pacman" ]; # Arch, Manjaro, etc.
-  then
-    OS_STRING='Arch-like'
-    DISTRO='Arch'
-    INST_CMD='pacman -S '
-  elif [ -f "/usr/bin/emerge" ]; # Gentoo
-  then
-    OS_STRING='Gentoo-like'
-    DISTRO='Gentoo'
-    INST_CMD='emerge '
-  elif [ -f "/usr/bin/apt-get" ]; # Debian, Ubuntu (and derivatives), etc.
-  then
-    OS_STRING='Debian-like'
-    DISTRO="Debian"
-    INST_CMD='apt-get install '
-  else
-    echo 'Sorry, I cannot detect which distro you are running. Please report this along with what distro you are running. Dying now.'
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  set -e # and turn this back on lolz
-}
diff --git a/lib/04-release_me.func.sh b/lib/03-release_me.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/04-release_me.func.sh
rename to lib/03-release_me.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/05-facehugger.func.sh b/lib/04-facehugger.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/05-facehugger.func.sh
rename to lib/04-facehugger.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/06-chroot_wrapper.func.sh b/lib/05-chroot_wrapper.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/06-chroot_wrapper.func.sh
rename to lib/05-chroot_wrapper.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/07-jenny_craig.func.sh b/lib/06-jenny_craig.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/07-jenny_craig.func.sh
rename to lib/06-jenny_craig.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/08-centos_is_stupid.func.sh b/lib/07-centos_is_stupid.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/08-centos_is_stupid.func.sh
rename to lib/07-centos_is_stupid.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/09-will_it_blend.func.sh b/lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/09-will_it_blend.func.sh
rename to lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/10-stuffy.func.sh b/lib/09-stuffy.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/10-stuffy.func.sh
rename to lib/09-stuffy.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/11-yo_dj.func.sh b/lib/10-yo_dj.func.sh
similarity index 99%
rename from lib/11-yo_dj.func.sh
rename to lib/10-yo_dj.func.sh
index c45c272..05ddcdd 100644
--- a/lib/11-yo_dj.func.sh
+++ b/lib/10-yo_dj.func.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 function yo_dj () {
   ARCH="${1}"
   echo "Building the actual .iso image. This may take a while."
-  im_batman
+  #im_batman ## WHYTF IS THIS HERE?!
   ISOFILENAME="${UXNAME}-${VERSION}.iso"
   #MINIFILENAME="${UXNAME}-${VERSION}-mini.iso"
   MINIFILENAME="${UXNAME}-mini.iso"
diff --git a/lib/12-mentos.func.sh b/lib/11-mentos.func.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/12-mentos.func.sh
rename to lib/11-mentos.func.sh
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta b/lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4cfc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+NAME='Antergos'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Antergos Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
+PKG_MGR='pacman --noconfirm -S ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='pacman -Syyy'
+PKG_CHK='pacman -Q ${pkgname}'
+URL='http://antergos.com/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Antergos/pkgs b/lib/prereqs/Antergos/pkgs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta b/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta
index 977d4f8..1efef4e 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Arch/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 NAME='Arch'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
 CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Arch Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
-PKG_MGR='pacman -S'
+PKG_MGR='pacman --noconfirm -S ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='pacman -Syyy'
-PKG_CHK='pacman -Q'
+PKG_CHK='pacman -Q ${pkgname}'
+URL='https://www.archlinux.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/CentOS/meta b/lib/prereqs/CentOS/meta
index dec0748..660c2d6 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/CentOS/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/CentOS/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 NAME='CentOS'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
-CHECK_METHOD='egrep '^CentOS' /etc/redhat-release'
-PKG_MGR='yum -y install'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^CentOS" /etc/redhat-release'
+PKG_MGR='yum -y install ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='none'
-PKG_CHK='rpm -q'
+PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
+URL='http://centos.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Debian/meta b/lib/prereqs/Debian/meta
index 89f1fc5..8002207 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Debian/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Debian/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 NAME='Debian'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
-CHECK_METHOD='cat /etc/debian_version'
-PKG_MGR='apt-get -y install'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^[0-9.]*$" /etc/debian_version'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Debian\ GNU/Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
+PKG_MGR='apt-get -y install ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='apt-get update'
-PKG_CHK='dpkg-query -l'
+PKG_CHK='dpkg-query -l ${pkgname}'
+URL='http://www.debian.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Fedora/meta b/lib/prereqs/Fedora/meta
index 0415972..96ae174 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Fedora/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Fedora/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 NAME='Fedora'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
 CHECK_METHOD='egrep '^Fedora' /etc/redhat-release'
-PKG_MGR='yum -y install'
+PKG_MGR='yum -y install ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='none'
-PKG_CHK='rpm -q'
+PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
+URL='https://getfedora.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Gentoo/meta b/lib/prereqs/Gentoo/meta
index 7dc5cd7..b0382df 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Gentoo/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Gentoo/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-NAME=
-SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+NAME='Gentoo'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^Gentoo\ Base\ System" /etc/gentoo-release'
+PKG_MGR='emerge -qD ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='emerge -q --sync'
+PKG_CHK='emerge -qp @installed 2>/dev/null | egrep -E "/${pkgname}-[0-9.]+"'
+URL='https://www.gentoo.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/HUMAN b/lib/prereqs/HUMAN
index 86acdb6..c852969 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/HUMAN
+++ b/lib/prereqs/HUMAN
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ PKG_MGR=<a command used to prefix installation of packages e.g. for RHEL, "yum -
 PRE_RUN=<a command to be run before PKG_MGR (e.g. on Ubuntu, "apt-get update"). commonly used to update package caches/metadata.
 		if your distro does not require this, set PRE_RUN=none >
 PKG_CHK=<a command that will be run that should return '0' (success) *only* if any given package in the pkgs file is installed. e.g. for RHEL, "rpm -q">
+URL=<the URL for the distro. optional, as it isn't really used as any active part of the scripts- at least not presently.>
 
 Oh- and your distro *must be able to install the package*. That means if you need to enable/add additional repositories, be sure to do so ahead of time.
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta b/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta
index 7dc5cd7..c7e0156 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Mageia/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-NAME=
-SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+NAME='Mageia'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^Mageia\ release\ " /etc/mageia-release'
+PKG_MGR='urpmi ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='urpmi.update -a'
+PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
+URL='https://www.mageia.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta b/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta
index 7dc5cd7..1ab4a60 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-NAME=
-SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+NAME='Manjaro'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Manjaro Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
+PKG_MGR='pacman --noconfirm -S ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='pacman -Syyyu'
+PKG_CHK='pacman -Q ${pkgname}'
+URL='https://manjaro.org/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Mint/meta b/lib/prereqs/Mint/meta
index 7dc5cd7..27c545e 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Mint/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Mint/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-NAME=
-SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+NAME='Mint'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^DESCRIPTION=\"Linux\ Mint\"" /etc/linuxmint/info'
+PKG_MGR='apt-get -y install ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='apt-get -y update'
+PKG_CHK='dpkg-query -l ${pkgname}'
+URL='http://www.linuxmint.com/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/RHEL/meta b/lib/prereqs/RHEL/meta
index 7dc5cd7..1fb5bfe 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/RHEL/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/RHEL/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-NAME=
-SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+NAME=RHEL
+SUPPORTED=yes
+# Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^Red\ Hat\ Enterprise\ Linux" /etc/redhat-release'
+PKG_MGR='yum -y install'
+PRE_RUN='none'
+PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
+URL='http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/SUSE/meta b/lib/prereqs/SUSE/meta
index 7dc5cd7..9f5fa5a 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/SUSE/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/SUSE/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-NAME=
+NAME='SUSE'
 SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+# Both SLED and SLES. We can probably safely combine them.
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"SLE(D|S)\"" /etc/os-release'
+PKG_MGR='zypper install -l ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='none'
+PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
+URL='https://www.suse.com/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/Ubuntu/meta b/lib/prereqs/Ubuntu/meta
index 7dc5cd7..d9e71b5 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/Ubuntu/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/Ubuntu/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-NAME=
-SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+NAME='Ubuntu'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu$" /etc/lsb-release'
+PKG_MGR='apt-get -y install ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='apt-get -y update'
+PKG_CHK='dpkg-query -l ${pkgname} | egrep "^ii[[:space:]]*${pkgname}"'
+URL='http://www.ubuntu.com/'
diff --git a/lib/prereqs/openSUSE/meta b/lib/prereqs/openSUSE/meta
index 7dc5cd7..1bef9b1 100644
--- a/lib/prereqs/openSUSE/meta
+++ b/lib/prereqs/openSUSE/meta
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-NAME=
-SUPPORTED=
-CHECK_METHOD=
-PKG_MGR=
-PRE_RUN=
-PKG_CHK=
+NAME='openSUSE'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD=''
+PKG_MGR=''
+PRE_RUN=''
+PKG_CHK=''
+URL='https://www.opensuse.org/'