diff --git a/Build.md b/Build.md
index d6abe7b67..f48f50495 100644
--- a/Build.md
+++ b/Build.md
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ The assimp port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and commun
 ## Install on Ubuntu
 You can install the Asset-Importer-Lib via apt:
 ```
-sudo apt-get install assimp
+sudp apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install libassimp-dev
 ```
 
 ## Install pyassimp
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2aa66421c..a4f711528 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ OPTION( ASSIMP_BUILD_ZLIB
 )
 OPTION( ASSIMP_BUILD_ASSIMP_TOOLS
   "If the supplementary tools for Assimp are built in addition to the library."
-  ON
+  OFF
 )
 OPTION ( ASSIMP_BUILD_SAMPLES
   "If the official samples are built as well (needs Glut)."
diff --git a/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.cpp b/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
index c8e47933d..2883f9612 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
@@ -151,45 +151,46 @@ namespace Grammar {
     }
 
     static TokenType matchTokenType(const char *tokenType) {
-        if (MetricType == tokenType) {
+        const size_t len = std::strlen(tokenType);
+        if (0 == strncmp(MetricType, tokenType, len)) {
             return MetricToken;
-        } else if (NameType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(NameType, tokenType, len)) {
             return NameToken;
-        } else if (ObjectRefType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(ObjectRefType, tokenType, len)) {
             return ObjectRefToken;
-        } else if (MaterialRefType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(MaterialRefType, tokenType, len)) {
             return MaterialRefToken;
-        } else if (MetricKeyType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(MetricKeyType, tokenType, len)) {
             return MetricKeyToken;
-        } else if (GeometryNodeType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(GeometryNodeType, tokenType, len)) {
             return GeometryNodeToken;
-        } else if (CameraNodeType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(CameraNodeType, tokenType, len)) {
             return CameraNodeToken;
-        } else if (LightNodeType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(LightNodeType, tokenType, len)) {
             return LightNodeToken;
-        } else if (GeometryObjectType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(GeometryObjectType, tokenType, len)) {
             return GeometryObjectToken;
-        } else if (CameraObjectType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(CameraObjectType, tokenType, len)) {
             return CameraObjectToken;
-        } else if (LightObjectType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(LightObjectType, tokenType, len)) {
             return LightObjectToken;
-        } else if (TransformType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(TransformType, tokenType, len)) {
             return TransformToken;
-        } else if (MeshType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(MeshType, tokenType, len)) {
             return MeshToken;
-        } else if (VertexArrayType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(VertexArrayType, tokenType, len)) {
             return VertexArrayToken;
-        } else if (IndexArrayType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(IndexArrayType, tokenType, len)) {
             return IndexArrayToken;
-        } else if (MaterialType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(MaterialType, tokenType, len)) {
             return MaterialToken;
-        } else if (ColorType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(ColorType, tokenType, len)) {
             return ColorToken;
-        } else if (ParamType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(ParamType, tokenType, len)) {
             return ParamToken;
-        } else if (TextureType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(TextureType, tokenType, len)) {
             return TextureToken;
-        } else if (AttenType == tokenType) {
+        } else if (0 == strncmp(AttenType, tokenType, len)) {
             return AttenToken;
         }
 
@@ -256,11 +257,6 @@ OpenGEXImporter::RefInfo::RefInfo(aiNode *node, Type type, std::vector<std::stri
     // empty
 }
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-OpenGEXImporter::RefInfo::~RefInfo() {
-    // empty
-}
-
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OpenGEXImporter::OpenGEXImporter() :
         m_root(nullptr),
@@ -285,10 +281,6 @@ OpenGEXImporter::OpenGEXImporter() :
     // empty
 }
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-OpenGEXImporter::~OpenGEXImporter() {
-}
-
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool OpenGEXImporter::CanRead(const std::string &file, IOSystem *pIOHandler, bool /*checkSig*/) const {
     static const char *tokens[] = { "Metric", "GeometryNode", "VertexArray (attrib", "IndexArray" };
diff --git a/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.h b/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.h
index fca3eb1d5..997d58af9 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.h
+++ b/code/AssetLib/OpenGEX/OpenGEXImporter.h
@@ -79,12 +79,7 @@ struct MetricInfo {
     float m_floatValue;
     int m_intValue;
 
-    MetricInfo()
-    : m_stringValue( )
-    , m_floatValue( 0.0f )
-    , m_intValue( -1 ) {
-        // empty
-    }
+    MetricInfo(): m_stringValue( ), m_floatValue( 0.0f ), m_intValue( -1 ) {}
 };
 
 /** @brief  This class is used to implement the OpenGEX importer
@@ -97,7 +92,7 @@ public:
     OpenGEXImporter();
 
     /// The class destructor.
-    ~OpenGEXImporter() override;
+    ~OpenGEXImporter() override = default;
 
     /// BaseImporter override.
     bool CanRead( const std::string &file, IOSystem *pIOHandler, bool checkSig ) const override;
@@ -170,7 +165,7 @@ private:
         std::vector<std::string> m_Names;
 
         RefInfo( aiNode *node, Type type, std::vector<std::string> &names );
-        ~RefInfo();
+        ~RefInfo() = default;
 
         RefInfo( const RefInfo & ) = delete;
         RefInfo &operator = ( const RefInfo & ) = delete;
diff --git a/code/Common/DefaultIOStream.cpp b/code/Common/DefaultIOStream.cpp
index 17fc44f9a..f2c772187 100644
--- a/code/Common/DefaultIOStream.cpp
+++ b/code/Common/DefaultIOStream.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ inline int select_fseek(FILE *file, int64_t offset, int origin) {
 
 
 
-#if defined _WIN64 && (!defined __GNUC__ || __MSVCRT_VERSION__ >= 0x0601)
+#if defined _WIN32 && (!defined __GNUC__ || !defined __CLANG__ && __MSVCRT_VERSION__ >= 0x0601)
 template <>
 inline size_t select_ftell<8>(FILE *file) {
     return (size_t)::_ftelli64(file);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ inline int select_fseek<8>(FILE *file, int64_t offset, int origin) {
     return ::_fseeki64(file, offset, origin);
 }
 
-#endif // #if defined _WIN32 && (!defined __GNUC__ || __MSVCRT_VERSION__ >= 0x0601)
+#endif
 
 } // namespace
 
@@ -149,13 +149,20 @@ size_t DefaultIOStream::FileSize() const {
         //
         // See here for details:
         // https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/FIO19-C.+Do+not+use+fseek()+and+ftell()+to+compute+the+size+of+a+regular+file
-#if defined _WIN64 && (!defined __GNUC__ || __MSVCRT_VERSION__ >= 0x0601)
+#if defined _WIN32 && (!defined __GNUC__ || !defined __CLANG__ && __MSVCRT_VERSION__ >= 0x0601)
         struct __stat64 fileStat;
         //using fileno + fstat avoids having to handle the filename
         int err = _fstat64(_fileno(mFile), &fileStat);
         if (0 != err)
             return 0;
         mCachedSize = (size_t)(fileStat.st_size);
+#elif defined _WIN32
+        struct _stat32 fileStat;
+        //using fileno + fstat avoids having to handle the filename
+        int err = _fstat32(_fileno(mFile), &fileStat);
+        if (0 != err)
+            return 0;
+        mCachedSize = (size_t)(fileStat.st_size);
 #elif defined __GNUC__ || defined __APPLE__ || defined __MACH__ || defined __FreeBSD__
         struct stat fileStat;
         int err = stat(mFilename.c_str(), &fileStat);
diff --git a/code/PostProcessing/EmbedTexturesProcess.cpp b/code/PostProcessing/EmbedTexturesProcess.cpp
index 2f80c908e..7ac4ddd4e 100644
--- a/code/PostProcessing/EmbedTexturesProcess.cpp
+++ b/code/PostProcessing/EmbedTexturesProcess.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ bool EmbedTexturesProcess::addTexture(aiScene *pScene, const std::string &path)
 
     aiTexel* imageContent = new aiTexel[ 1ul + static_cast<unsigned long>( imageSize ) / sizeof(aiTexel)];
     pFile->Seek(0, aiOrigin_SET);
-    pFile->Read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(imageContent), imageSize, 1);
+    pFile->Read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(imageContent), static_cast<size_t>(imageSize), 1);
     mIOHandler->Close(pFile);
 
     // Enlarging the textures table
diff --git a/code/res/assimp.rc b/code/res/assimp.rc
index c36d812f8..fd10935f6 100644
--- a/code/res/assimp.rc
+++ b/code/res/assimp.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include "revision.h"
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#include "winresrc.h"
+#else
 #include "winres.h"
+#endif
 
 LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 #pragma code_page(1252)
diff --git a/test/unit/utOpenGEXImportExport.cpp b/test/unit/utOpenGEXImportExport.cpp
index a7b682063..ed22a6fb7 100644
--- a/test/unit/utOpenGEXImportExport.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/utOpenGEXImportExport.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */
 
 #include "AbstractImportExportBase.h"
+
+#include <assimp/scene.h>
 #include "UnitTestPCH.h"
 
 #include <assimp/Importer.hpp>
@@ -51,11 +53,12 @@ public:
     bool importerTest() override {
         Assimp::Importer importer;
         const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/OpenGEX/Example.ogex", 0);
+        EXPECT_EQ(1u, scene->mNumMeshes);
         return nullptr != scene;
     }
 };
 
-TEST_F(utOpenGEXImportExport, importLWSFromFileTest) {
+TEST_F(utOpenGEXImportExport, importOpenGexFromFileTest) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(importerTest());
 }