diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c57f3514d..a7d67cdbf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ pkg_check_modules(AVUTIL REQUIRED libavutil>=56.0)
 pkg_check_modules(SWSCALE REQUIRED libswscale>=5.0)
 endif()
 find_library(LIBRT rt)
+if(${USE_TESTS})
 find_package(doctest 2.3.5 REQUIRED)
+endif()
 
 # libnotcurses
 file(GLOB NCSRCS CONFIGURE_DEPENDS src/lib/*.c)
@@ -69,11 +71,13 @@ target_include_directories(notcurses-static
 )
 target_link_libraries(notcurses
   PRIVATE
+    Threads::Threads
     "${TERMINFO_LIBRARIES}"
     "${LIBRT}"
 )
 target_link_libraries(notcurses-static
   PRIVATE
+    Threads::Threads
     "${TERMINFO_STATIC_LIBRARIES}"
     "${LIBRT}"
 )
@@ -107,7 +111,6 @@ target_link_libraries(notcurses
     "${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES}"
     "${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES}"
     "${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES}"
-    Threads::Threads
 )
 target_link_libraries(notcurses-static
   PRIVATE
@@ -115,7 +118,6 @@ target_link_libraries(notcurses-static
     "${AVFORMAT_STATIC_LIBRARIES}"
     "${AVUTIL_STATIC_LIBRARIES}"
     "${SWSCALE_STATIC_LIBRARIES}"
-    Threads::Threads
 )
 target_link_directories(notcurses
   PUBLIC
@@ -331,6 +333,7 @@ foreach(f ${POCSRCS})
   add_executable(${fe} ${f})
   target_include_directories(${fe}
     PRIVATE include "${TERMINFO_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include"
   )
   target_link_libraries(${fe}
     PRIVATE notcurses++ "${TERMINFO_LIBRARIES}"
@@ -529,6 +532,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(notcurses-view
 endif()
 
 # Testing
+if(${USE_TESTS})
 if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME)
   include(CTest)
 endif()
@@ -558,6 +562,7 @@ add_test(
   NAME notcurses-tester
   COMMAND notcurses-tester -p ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data
 )
+endif()
 
 # pkg-config support
 configure_file(tools/notcurses.pc.in
@@ -680,11 +685,13 @@ install(FILES
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
 )
 
+if(${USE_FFMPEG})
 file(GLOB TESTDATA CONFIGURE_DEPENDS data/*)
 install(FILES
   ${TESTDATA}
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/notcurses
 )
+endif()
 
 install(DIRECTORY
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/"
@@ -706,7 +713,9 @@ install(TARGETS notcurses-demo DESTINATION bin)
 install(TARGETS notcurses-input DESTINATION bin)
 install(TARGETS notcurses-keyplot DESTINATION bin)
 install(TARGETS notcurses-ncreel DESTINATION bin)
+if(${USE_TESTS})
 install(TARGETS notcurses-tester DESTINATION bin)
+endif()
 install(TARGETS notcurses-tetris DESTINATION bin)
 if(${USE_FFMPEG})
 install(TARGETS notcurses-view DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/src/demo/demo.c b/src/demo/demo.c
index a38ac9cdc..555268c46 100644
--- a/src/demo/demo.c
+++ b/src/demo/demo.c
@@ -72,7 +72,14 @@ struct timespec demodelay = {
 #ifndef DFSG_BUILD
 #ifdef USE_FFMPEG
 #define NONFREE(name, fxn) { name, fxn, }
+#else
+#endif
+#else
+#define DFSG(name, fxn) { NULL, NULL, }
 #endif
+
+#ifndef DFSG
+#define DFSG(name, fxn) { name, fxn, }
 #endif
 #ifndef NONFREE
 #define NONFREE(name, fxn) { NULL, NULL, }
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ static struct {
   { "grid", grid_demo, },
   { "highcon", highcontrast_demo, },
   { "intro", intro, },
-  NONFREE("jungle", jungle_demo),
+  DFSG("jungle", jungle_demo),
   { NULL, NULL, },
   NONFREE("luigi", luigi_demo),
   { NULL, NULL, },
diff --git a/src/lib/libav.c b/src/lib/libav.c
index cf9eb8ece..515526d8d 100644
--- a/src/lib/libav.c
+++ b/src/lib/libav.c
@@ -6,6 +6,95 @@ ncplane* ncvisual_plane(ncvisual* ncv){
   return ncv->ncp;
 }
 
+// alpha comes to us 0--255, but we have only 3 alpha values to map them to.
+// settled on experimentally.
+static inline bool
+ffmpeg_trans_p(bool bgr, unsigned char alpha){
+  if(!bgr && alpha < 192){
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+// RGBA/BGRx blitter. For incoming BGRx (no transparency), bgr == true.
+static inline int
+tria_blit(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize, const void* data,
+          int begy, int begx, int leny, int lenx, bool bgr){
+  const int bpp = 32;
+  const int rpos = bgr ? 2 : 0;
+  const int bpos = bgr ? 0 : 2;
+  int dimy, dimx, x, y;
+  int visy = begy;
+  int total = 0; // number of cells written
+  ncplane_dim_yx(nc, &dimy, &dimx);
+  // FIXME not going to necessarily be safe on all architectures hrmmm
+  const unsigned char* dat = data;
+  for(y = placey ; visy < (begy + leny) && y < dimy ; ++y, visy += 2){
+    if(ncplane_cursor_move_yx(nc, y, placex)){
+      return -1;
+    }
+    int visx = begx;
+    for(x = placex ; visx < (begx + lenx) && x < dimx ; ++x, ++visx){
+      const unsigned char* rgbbase_up = dat + (linesize * visy) + (visx * bpp / CHAR_BIT);
+      const unsigned char* rgbbase_down = dat + (linesize * (visy + 1)) + (visx * bpp / CHAR_BIT);
+//fprintf(stderr, "[%04d/%04d] bpp: %d lsize: %d %02x %02x %02x %02x\n", y, x, bpp, linesize, rgbbase_up[0], rgbbase_up[1], rgbbase_up[2], rgbbase_up[3]);
+      cell* c = ncplane_cell_ref_yx(nc, y, x);
+      // use the default for the background, as that's the only way it's
+      // effective in that case anyway
+      c->channels = 0;
+      c->attrword = 0;
+      if(ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_up[3]) || ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_down[3])){
+        cell_set_bg_alpha(c, CELL_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT);
+        if(ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_up[3]) && ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_down[3])){
+          cell_set_fg_alpha(c, CELL_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT);
+        }else if(ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_up[3])){ // down has the color
+          if(cell_load(nc, c, "\u2584") <= 0){ // lower half block
+            return -1;
+          }
+          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
+        }else{ // up has the color
+          if(cell_load(nc, c, "\u2580") <= 0){ // upper half block
+            return -1;
+          }
+          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_up[rpos], rgbbase_up[1], rgbbase_up[bpos]);
+        }
+      }else{
+        if(memcmp(rgbbase_up, rgbbase_down, 3) == 0){
+          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
+          cell_set_bg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
+          if(cell_load(nc, c, " ") <= 0){ // only need the background
+            return -1;
+          }
+        }else{
+          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_up[rpos], rgbbase_up[1], rgbbase_up[bpos]);
+          cell_set_bg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
+          if(cell_load(nc, c, "\u2580") <= 0){ // upper half block
+            return -1;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      ++total;
+    }
+  }
+  return total;
+}
+
+// Blit a flat array 'data' of BGRx 32-bit values to the ncplane 'nc', offset
+// from the upper left by 'placey' and 'placex'. Each row ought occupy
+// 'linesize' bytes (this might be greater than lenx * 4 due to padding). A
+// subregion of the input can be specified with 'begy'x'begx' and 'leny'x'lenx'.
+int ncblit_bgrx(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize,
+                const void* data, int begy, int begx, int leny, int lenx){
+	return tria_blit(nc, placey, placex, linesize, data,
+			             begy, begx, leny, lenx, true);
+}
+
+int ncblit_rgba(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize,
+                const void* data, int begy, int begx, int leny, int lenx){
+	return tria_blit(nc, placey, placex, linesize, data,
+			             begy, begx, leny, lenx, false);
+}
+
 void ncvisual_destroy(ncvisual* ncv){
   if(ncv){
 #ifdef USE_FFMPEG
@@ -354,95 +443,6 @@ ncvisual* ncvisual_open_plane(notcurses* nc, const char* filename,
   return ncv;
 }
 
-// alpha comes to us 0--255, but we have only 3 alpha values to map them to.
-// settled on experimentally.
-static inline bool
-ffmpeg_trans_p(bool bgr, unsigned char alpha){
-  if(!bgr && alpha < 192){
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-// RGBA/BGRx blitter. For incoming BGRx (no transparency), bgr == true.
-static inline int
-tria_blit(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize, const void* data,
-          int begy, int begx, int leny, int lenx, bool bgr){
-  const int bpp = 32;
-  const int rpos = bgr ? 2 : 0;
-  const int bpos = bgr ? 0 : 2;
-  int dimy, dimx, x, y;
-  int visy = begy;
-  int total = 0; // number of cells written
-  ncplane_dim_yx(nc, &dimy, &dimx);
-  // FIXME not going to necessarily be safe on all architectures hrmmm
-  const unsigned char* dat = data;
-  for(y = placey ; visy < (begy + leny) && y < dimy ; ++y, visy += 2){
-    if(ncplane_cursor_move_yx(nc, y, placex)){
-      return -1;
-    }
-    int visx = begx;
-    for(x = placex ; visx < (begx + lenx) && x < dimx ; ++x, ++visx){
-      const unsigned char* rgbbase_up = dat + (linesize * visy) + (visx * bpp / CHAR_BIT);
-      const unsigned char* rgbbase_down = dat + (linesize * (visy + 1)) + (visx * bpp / CHAR_BIT);
-//fprintf(stderr, "[%04d/%04d] bpp: %d lsize: %d %02x %02x %02x %02x\n", y, x, bpp, linesize, rgbbase_up[0], rgbbase_up[1], rgbbase_up[2], rgbbase_up[3]);
-      cell* c = ncplane_cell_ref_yx(nc, y, x);
-      // use the default for the background, as that's the only way it's
-      // effective in that case anyway
-      c->channels = 0;
-      c->attrword = 0;
-      if(ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_up[3]) || ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_down[3])){
-        cell_set_bg_alpha(c, CELL_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT);
-        if(ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_up[3]) && ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_down[3])){
-          cell_set_fg_alpha(c, CELL_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT);
-        }else if(ffmpeg_trans_p(bgr, rgbbase_up[3])){ // down has the color
-          if(cell_load(nc, c, "\u2584") <= 0){ // lower half block
-            return -1;
-          }
-          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
-        }else{ // up has the color
-          if(cell_load(nc, c, "\u2580") <= 0){ // upper half block
-            return -1;
-          }
-          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_up[rpos], rgbbase_up[1], rgbbase_up[bpos]);
-        }
-      }else{
-        if(memcmp(rgbbase_up, rgbbase_down, 3) == 0){
-          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
-          cell_set_bg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
-          if(cell_load(nc, c, " ") <= 0){ // only need the background
-            return -1;
-          }
-        }else{
-          cell_set_fg_rgb(c, rgbbase_up[rpos], rgbbase_up[1], rgbbase_up[bpos]);
-          cell_set_bg_rgb(c, rgbbase_down[rpos], rgbbase_down[1], rgbbase_down[bpos]);
-          if(cell_load(nc, c, "\u2580") <= 0){ // upper half block
-            return -1;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      ++total;
-    }
-  }
-  return total;
-}
-
-// Blit a flat array 'data' of BGRx 32-bit values to the ncplane 'nc', offset
-// from the upper left by 'placey' and 'placex'. Each row ought occupy
-// 'linesize' bytes (this might be greater than lenx * 4 due to padding). A
-// subregion of the input can be specified with 'begy'x'begx' and 'leny'x'lenx'.
-int ncblit_bgrx(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize,
-                const void* data, int begy, int begx, int leny, int lenx){
-	return tria_blit(nc, placey, placex, linesize, data,
-			             begy, begx, leny, lenx, true);
-}
-
-int ncblit_rgba(ncplane* nc, int placey, int placex, int linesize,
-                const void* data, int begy, int begx, int leny, int lenx){
-	return tria_blit(nc, placey, placex, linesize, data,
-			             begy, begx, leny, lenx, false);
-}
-
 int ncvisual_render(const ncvisual* ncv, int begy, int begx, int leny, int lenx){
 //fprintf(stderr, "render %dx%d+%dx%d\n", begy, begx, leny, lenx);
   if(begy < 0 || begx < 0 || lenx < -1 || leny < -1){
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ char* ncvisual_subtitle(const ncvisual* ncv){
 
 int ncvisual_init(int loglevel){
   (void)loglevel;
-  return 0;
+  return 0; // allow success here
 }
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/poc/menu.c b/src/poc/menu.c
index 47fd585d5..ae7b69bc9 100644
--- a/src/poc/menu.c
+++ b/src/poc/menu.c
@@ -118,17 +118,6 @@ int main(void){
 
   int averr;
 
-  struct ncvisual* ncv = ncplane_visual_open(n, "../data/ebolavirus_wide-0723bc3f01c644976b4df7e146a1d795aaf9d55e.jpg", &averr);
-  if(!ncv){
-    goto err;
-  }
-  if(!ncvisual_decode(ncv, &averr)){
-    goto err;
-  }
-  if(ncvisual_render(ncv, 0, 0, -1, -1) <= 0){
-    goto err;
-  }
-
   uint64_t channels = 0;
   channels_set_fg(&channels, 0x88aa00);
   channels_set_bg(&channels, 0x000088);
@@ -144,18 +133,6 @@ int main(void){
   run_menu(nc, top);
 
   ncplane_erase(n);
-  ncvisual_destroy(ncv);
-
-  ncv = ncplane_visual_open(n, "../data/aidsrobots.jpeg", &averr);
-  if(!ncv){
-    goto err;
-  }
-  if(!ncvisual_decode(ncv, &averr)){
-    goto err;
-  }
-  if(ncvisual_render(ncv, 0, 0, -1, -1) <= 0){
-    goto err;
-  }
 
   mopts.bottom = true;
   struct ncmenu* bottom = ncmenu_create(nc, &mopts);
@@ -167,7 +144,6 @@ int main(void){
   }
   run_menu(nc, bottom);
 
-  ncvisual_destroy(ncv);
   if(notcurses_stop(nc)){
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
diff --git a/src/poc/multiselect.c b/src/poc/multiselect.c
index 97a2987b9..f0b13a8b1 100644
--- a/src/poc/multiselect.c
+++ b/src/poc/multiselect.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <notcurses/notcurses.h>
+#include "version.h"
 
 // http://theboomerbible.com/tbb112.html
 static struct mselector_item items[] = {
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ int main(void){
   channels_set_bg_alpha(&sopts.bgchannels, CELL_ALPHA_BLEND);
   struct ncplane* n = notcurses_stdplane(nc);
 
+#ifdef USE_FFMPEG
   int averr;
   struct ncvisual* ncv = ncplane_visual_open(n, "../data/covid19.jpg", &averr);
   if(!ncv){
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ int main(void){
   if(ncvisual_render(ncv, 0, 0, -1, -1) <= 0){
     goto err;
   }
+#endif
 
   ncplane_set_fg(n, 0x40f040);
   ncplane_putstr_aligned(n, 0, NCALIGN_RIGHT, "multiselect widget demo");
diff --git a/src/poc/selector.c b/src/poc/selector.c
index a8529ccdf..f861f7096 100644
--- a/src/poc/selector.c
+++ b/src/poc/selector.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <notcurses/notcurses.h>
+#include "version.h"
 
 static struct selector_item items[] = {
   { "first", "this is the first option", },
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ int main(void){
   channels_set_bg_alpha(&sopts.bgchannels, CELL_ALPHA_BLEND);
   struct ncplane* n = notcurses_stdplane(nc);
 
+#ifdef USE_FFMPEG
   int averr;
   struct ncvisual* ncv = ncplane_visual_open(n, "../data/changes.jpg", &averr);
   if(!ncv){
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ int main(void){
   if(ncvisual_render(ncv, 0, 0, -1, -1) <= 0){
     goto err;
   }
-
+#endif
 
   ncplane_set_fg(n, 0x40f040);
   ncplane_putstr_aligned(n, 0, NCALIGN_RIGHT, "selector widget demo");
diff --git a/src/tetris/background.h b/src/tetris/background.h
index 203b3b0ce..c1bddf674 100644
--- a/src/tetris/background.h
+++ b/src/tetris/background.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 void DrawBackground(const std::string& s) { // drawn to the standard plane
+#ifdef USE_FFMPEG
   int averr;
   try{
     backg_ = std::make_unique<ncpp::Visual>(s.c_str(), &averr, 0, 0, ncpp::NCScale::Stretch);
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ void DrawBackground(const std::string& s) { // drawn to the standard plane
     throw TetrisNotcursesErr("render(): " + s);
   }
   backg_->get_plane()->greyscale();
+#else
+  (void)s;
+#endif
 }
 
 void DrawBoard() { // draw all fixed components of the game
diff --git a/tools/notcurses.spec b/tools/notcurses.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..069efd6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/notcurses.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Name: notcurses
+Version: 1.2.5
+Release: 1
+Summary: Character graphics and TUI library
+License: ASL 2.0
+Source0: https://github.com/dankamongmen/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1: https://github.com/dankamongmen/%{name}/releases/v%{version}/v%{version}.tar.gz.asc
+Source2: https://dank.qemfd.net/dankamongmen.gpg
+BuildRequires: gnupg2 cmake make gcc-c++ ncurses-devel pandoc python3-devel
+
+%description
+notcurses facilitates the creation of modern TUI programs,
+making full use of Unicode and 24-bit direct color. It presents
+an API similar to that of Curses, and rides atop libtinfo.
+
+%prep
+%{gpgverify} --keyring='%{SOURCE2}' --signature='%{SOURCE1}' --data='%{SOURCE0}'
+%setup
+
+%build
+%cmake -DUSE_FFMPEG=off -DUSE_TEST=off .
+%make_build
+
+%install
+%make_install
+
+%files
+/usr/bin/notcurses-demo
+/usr/bin/notcurses-input
+/usr/bin/notcurses-keyplot
+/usr/bin/notcurses-ncreel
+/usr/bin/notcurses-pydemo
+/usr/bin/notcurses-tester
+/usr/bin/notcurses-tetris
+/usr/bin/notcurses-view
+/usr/include/notcurses/nckeys.h
+/usr/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnotcurses.so.{version}
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnotcurses.so.1
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnotcurses.so
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/notcurses/notcursesConfig.cmake
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/notcurses/notcursesConfigVersion.cmake
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnotcurses.a
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
+/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/notcurses.pc
+%license LICENSE
+
+%changelog
+* Tue, Apr 07 2020 Nick Black <dankamongmen@gmail.com> - 1.2.5-1
+- Initial Fedora packaging