diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions/build-linux64.yml b/.github/workflows/actions/build-linux64.yml
index 763673336ae..3f259a8fe0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions/build-linux64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions/build-linux64.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-linux64-platforms:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
         matrix:
           cfg:
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ jobs:
       run: if [ "$TARGET" = "linux64" ]; then
             sudo apt-get remove libunwind-14 -y;
            fi
-    - name: Cache Packages
-      uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
-      with:
-        packages: wget2 make curl libunwind-dev libjack-jackd2-0 libjack-jackd2-dev freeglut3-dev libasound2-dev libxmu-dev libxxf86vm-dev g++ libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libraw1394-dev libudev-dev libdrm-dev libglew-dev libopenal-dev libsndfile1-dev libfreeimage-dev libcairo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libssl-dev libpulse-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libopencv-dev libassimp-dev librtaudio-dev gdb libglfw3-dev liburiparser-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpugixml-dev libgconf-2-4 libgtk2.0-0 libpoco-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
-        version: 1.0
+    # - name: Cache Packages
+    #   uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+    #   with:
+    #     packages: wget2 make curl libunwind-dev libjack-jackd2-0 libjack-jackd2-dev freeglut3-dev libasound2-dev libxmu-dev libxxf86vm-dev g++ libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libraw1394-dev libudev-dev libdrm-dev libglew-dev libopenal-dev libsndfile1-dev libfreeimage-dev libcairo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libssl-dev libpulse-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libopencv-dev libassimp-dev librtaudio-dev gdb libglfw3-dev liburiparser-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpugixml-dev libgconf-2-4 libgtk2.0-0 libpoco-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
+    #     version: 1.0
 
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: ccache
diff --git a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk
index 5a0ed9e6fad..52e75c08662 100755
--- a/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk
+++ b/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project/makefileCommon/config.linux.common.mk
@@ -359,8 +359,20 @@ PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += freetype2
 PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += fontconfig
 PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += sndfile
 PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += openal
-# PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += openssl
-PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += libcurl
+
+
+ifeq "$(shell pkg-config --exists openssl && echo 1)" "1"
+	PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += openssl
+endif
+
+
+ifeq "$(shell pkg-config --exists libcurl && echo 1)" "1"
+	PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += libcurl
+endif
+
+ifeq "$(shell pkg-config --exists libcurl4 && echo 1)" "1"
+	PLATFORM_PKG_CONFIG_LIBRARIES += libcurl4
+endif
 
 
 ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILING),1)
diff --git a/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh
index a01d19ce156..8a9d0d16852 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/ubuntu/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ function installPackages {
         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
             echo "Already installed"
         else
-            error="$(apt-get install -y --dry-run --no-upgrade ${pkg})"
+            error="$(apt-get install -y --dry-run ${pkg})"
             exit_code=$?
             echo "$error" | grep Remv > /dev/null
             if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-                apt-get install ${FORCE_YES} --no-upgrade ${pkg}
+                apt-get install ${FORCE_YES} ${pkg}
                 exit_code=$?
                 if [ $exit_code != 0 ]; then
                     echo "error installing ${pkg}, there could be an error with your internet connection"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function installPackages {
                     exit $exit_code
                 fi
             elif [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
-                apt-get -y -qq install --no-upgrade ${pkg}
+                apt-get -y -qq install ${pkg}
                 exit_code=$?
                 if [ $exit_code != 0 ]; then
                     echo "error installing ${pkg}, there could be an error with your internet connection"
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-PACKAGES="make curl libjack-jackd2-0 libjack-jackd2-dev freeglut3-dev libasound2-dev libxmu-dev libxxf86vm-dev g++${CXX_VER} libgl1-mesa-dev${XTAG} libglu1-mesa-dev libraw1394-dev libudev-dev libdrm-dev libglew-dev libopenal-dev libsndfile1-dev libfreeimage-dev libcairo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libssl-dev libpulse-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev ${LIB_GTK_DEV} libopencv-dev libassimp-dev librtaudio-dev libgstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-dev  ${GSTREAMER_FFMPEG} gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-pulseaudio gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-x gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-plugins-bad gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-alsa gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-plugins-base gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-plugins-good gdb ${GLFW_PKG} liburiparser-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpugixml-dev libgtk2.0-0 libpoco-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev"
+PACKAGES="make libssl3 libcurl4 libcurl4-openssl-dev libjack-jackd2-0 libjack-jackd2-dev freeglut3-dev libasound2-dev libxmu-dev libxxf86vm-dev g++${CXX_VER} libgl1-mesa-dev${XTAG} libglu1-mesa-dev libraw1394-dev libudev-dev libdrm-dev libglew-dev libopenal-dev libsndfile1-dev libfreeimage-dev libcairo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libssl-dev libpulse-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev ${LIB_GTK_DEV} libopencv-dev libassimp-dev librtaudio-dev libgstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-dev  ${GSTREAMER_FFMPEG} gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-pulseaudio gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-x gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-plugins-bad gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-alsa gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-plugins-base gstreamer${GSTREAMER_VERSION}-plugins-good gdb ${GLFW_PKG} liburiparser-dev libpugixml-dev libgtk2.0-0 libpoco-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev"
 # libgconf-2-4 libboost-filesystem${BOOST_VER}-dev
 
 echo "installing OF dependencies"
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ PACKAGES+=" gstreamer1.0-libav"
 fi
 
 
-apt-get -y -qq install --no-upgrade ${PACKAGES}
-# installPackages ${PACKAGES}
+apt-get -y -qq install ${PACKAGES}
+installPackages ${PACKAGES}
 
 if [[ $MAJOR_VERSION -lt 18 ]]; then
     cp $ROOT/../extra/poco_config.mk $ROOT/../../../addons/ofxPoco/addon_config.mk