diff --git a/development/ebe/ebe.SlackBuild b/development/ebe/ebe.SlackBuild
index d61a55faef..5a84a27e4b 100644
--- a/development/ebe/ebe.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/ebe/ebe.SlackBuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 
 PRGNAM=ebe
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.5.8}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ find -L . \
 make
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-install -m0755 ebe $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+install -m0755 $PRGNAM $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 install -m0644 *.qm $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
-install -m0644 -C images/ebe64.png $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
+install -m0644 -C images/${PRGNAM}64.png $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications
-cp -a $CWD/ebe.desktop  $PKG/usr/share/applications
+cp -a $CWD/${PRGNAM}.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" \
   | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" \
 #Symlink the binary to /usr/bin
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin
 (
- cd $PKG/usr/bin
- ln -sf /opt/ebe-2.5.8/ebe
+  ln -sf /opt/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}/${PRGNAM} $PKG/usr/bin/
 )
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/development/ebe/ebe.info b/development/ebe/ebe.info
index 826bc292b0..5e5577e0c4 100644
--- a/development/ebe/ebe.info
+++ b/development/ebe/ebe.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="ebe"
-VERSION="2.5.8"
+VERSION="2.7.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.rayseyfarth.com/ebe/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtebe/files/src/ebe_src_2.5.8.tgz"
-MD5SUM="05fa216a7c046f93af202a3ebf635d3c"
+DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtebe/files/src/ebe_src_2.7.1.tgz"
+MD5SUM="d4355aaba1c3f50df9340318de3da773"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="astyle"