diff --git a/buildTest/compile.sh b/buildTest/compile.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# A simple script to invoke cmake with the correct parameters to build the
+# self-testing version of Luppp
+
+function err_handle {
+  notify-send -t 0 -u critical "Luppp: Self-test FAILED!"
+}
+trap 'err_handle' ERR
+
+set -e
+
+cmake -DBUILD_TESTS=1 ../
+
+make -j 2
+
+lcov --zerocounters --directory .
+
+lcov --capture --initial --directory . --output-file app
+
+
+./src/luppp -test -stopAfterTest
+
+lcov --base-directory . --directory . -c -o lupppFull.info
+
+lcov --remove lupppFull.info "/usr*" --no-checksum --directory .  --output-file lupppTmp.info
+
+lcov --remove lupppTmp.info "*.hxx" --no-checksum --directory .  --output-file luppp.info
+
+genhtml luppp.info
+
+notify-send -t 5 "Luppp: Test data available..."
+firefox index.html