diff --git a/.github/workflows/pushaction.yml b/.github/workflows/pushaction.yml
index 8d9ccdd..9374586 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pushaction.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pushaction.yml
@@ -50,11 +50,38 @@ jobs:
   linux:
     needs: macos
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    container: ubuntu:18.04
     env:
       ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_GITHUB_USERNAME: ""
       ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ""
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Install dependencies into minimal dockerfile
+      run: |
+        # ubuntu dockerfile is very minimal (only 122 packages are installed)
+        # need to install updated git (from official git ppa)
+        apt update
+        apt install -y software-properties-common
+        add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
+        # install dependencies expected by other steps
+        apt update
+        apt install -y git \
+        curl \
+        ca-certificates \
+        wget \
+        bzip2 \
+        zip \
+        unzip \
+        xz-utils \
+        openjdk-11-jdk-headless \
+        maven \
+        build-essential \
+        ant sudo locales
+        # set Locale to en_US.UTF-8 (avoids hang during compilation)
+        locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+        echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV    
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         submodules: 'recursive'
 
@@ -67,10 +94,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Gradle
       uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.4.2
 
-    - run: echo "http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt-mirrors.txt
+    - run: sudo sed -i 's/deb http/deb [arch=amd64,i386] http/' /etc/apt/sources.list
+    - run: grep "ubuntu.com/ubuntu" /etc/apt/sources.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ports.list
+    - run: sudo sed -i 's/amd64,i386/armhf,arm64/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ports.list
+    - run: sudo sed -i 's#http://.*/ubuntu#http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports#' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ports.list
     - name: Add extra platform architectures
       run: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386; sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf; sudo dpkg --add-architecture arm64
-    - run: sudo apt-get update || true
+    - run: sudo apt-get update
     - name: Install Windows compilers
       run: sudo apt-get -yq install g++-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
     - name: Install Linux x86 compilers/libraries
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releaseaction.yml b/.github/workflows/releaseaction.yml
index 21e5cec..1e94410 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releaseaction.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releaseaction.yml
@@ -53,11 +53,38 @@ jobs:
   linux:
     needs: macos
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    container: ubuntu:18.04
     env:
       ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_GITHUB_USERNAME: ""
       ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ""
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Install dependencies into minimal dockerfile
+      run: |
+        # ubuntu dockerfile is very minimal (only 122 packages are installed)
+        # need to install updated git (from official git ppa)
+        apt update
+        apt install -y software-properties-common
+        add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
+        # install dependencies expected by other steps
+        apt update
+        apt install -y git \
+        curl \
+        ca-certificates \
+        wget \
+        bzip2 \
+        zip \
+        unzip \
+        xz-utils \
+        openjdk-11-jdk-headless \
+        maven \
+        build-essential \
+        ant sudo locales
+        # set Locale to en_US.UTF-8 (avoids hang during compilation)
+        locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+        echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV   
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         submodules: 'recursive'
 
@@ -70,10 +97,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Gradle
       uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2.4.2
 
-    - run: echo "http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt-mirrors.txt
+    - run: sudo sed -i 's/deb http/deb [arch=amd64,i386] http/' /etc/apt/sources.list
+    - run: grep "ubuntu.com/ubuntu" /etc/apt/sources.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ports.list
+    - run: sudo sed -i 's/amd64,i386/armhf,arm64/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ports.list
+    - run: sudo sed -i 's#http://.*/ubuntu#http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports#' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ports.list
     - name: Add extra platform architectures
       run: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386; sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf; sudo dpkg --add-architecture arm64
-    - run: sudo apt-get update || true
+    - run: sudo apt-get update
     - name: Install Windows compilers
       run: sudo apt-get -yq install g++-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
     - name: Install Linux x86 compilers/libraries
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 98cd334..b295d43 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -119,32 +119,32 @@ jnigen {
     add(Windows, x32) {
         cFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-windows32/')
         cppFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-windows32/')
-        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-windows32/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-windows32/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath).replace("-lSDL2main", file("SDL/build-windows32/build/.libs/libSDL2main.a").absolutePath)
+        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-windows32/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-windows32/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath).replace("-lSDL2main", file("SDL/build-windows32/build/.libs/libSDL2main.a").absolutePath)
     }
     add(Windows, x64) {
         cFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-windows64/')
         cppFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-windows64/')
-        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-windows64/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-windows64/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath).replace("-lSDL2main", file("SDL/build-windows64/build/.libs/libSDL2main.a").absolutePath)
+        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-windows64/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-windows64/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath).replace("-lSDL2main", file("SDL/build-windows64/build/.libs/libSDL2main.a").absolutePath)
     }
     add(Linux, x32) {
         cFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linux32/')
         cppFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linux32/')
-        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linux32/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linux32/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
+        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linux32/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linux32/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
     }
     add(Linux, x64) {
         cFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linux64/')
         cppFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linux64/')
-        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linux64/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linux64/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
+        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linux64/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linux64/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
     }
     add(Linux, x32, ARM) {
         cFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linuxarm32/')
         cppFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linuxarm32/')
-        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linuxarm32/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linuxarm32/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
+        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linuxarm32/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linuxarm32/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
     }
     add(Linux, x64, ARM) {
         cFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linuxarm64/')
         cppFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-linuxarm64/')
-        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linuxarm64/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linuxarm64/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
+        libraries += getSdl2StaticLibs('./SDL/build-linuxarm64/').replaceAll("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\.\\-/]+libSDL2.a", file("SDL/build-linuxarm64/build/.libs/libSDL2.a").absolutePath)
     }
     add(MacOsX, x64) {
         cFlags += getSdl2CFlags('./SDL/build-macos64/')