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+project(tint2)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
+include( FindPkgConfig )
+pkg_check_modules( X11 REQUIRED x11 xcomposite xdamage xinerama xrender xrandr )
+pkg_check_modules( PANGOCAIRO REQUIRED pangocairo )
+pkg_check_modules( PANGO REQUIRED pango )
+pkg_check_modules( CAIRO REQUIRED cairo )
+pkg_check_modules( GLIB2 REQUIRED glib-2.0 )
+pkg_check_modules( GOBJECT2 REQUIRED gobject-2.0 )
+pkg_check_modules( IMLIB2 REQUIRED imlib2 )
+
+include_directories( src
+                     src/clock
+                     src/systray
+                     src/taskbar
+                     src/tooltip
+                     src/util
+                     ${X11_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                     ${PANGOCAIRO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                     ${PANGO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                     ${CAIRO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                     ${GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                     ${GOBJECT2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                     ${IMLIB2_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+message("Cairo cflags: ${CAIRO_INCLUDE_DIRS}" )
+
+set(SOURCES src/config.c
+            src/panel.c
+            src/server.c
+            src/tint.c
+            src/clock/clock.c
+            src/systray/systraybar.c
+            src/taskbar/task.c
+            src/taskbar/taskbar.c
+            src/tooltip/tooltip.c
+            src/util/area.c
+            src/util/common.c
+            src/util/timer.c
+            src/util/window.c )
+
+option( ENABLE_BATTERY "Enable battery support in tint2" OFF )
+if ( ENABLE_BATTERY )
+  set( SOURCES ${SOURCES} src/battery/battery.c )
+endif( ENABLE_BATTERY )
+
+
+add_executable(tint2 ${SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries( tint2 ${X11_LIBRARIES}
+                             ${PANGOCAIRO_LIBRARIES}
+                             ${PANGO_LIBRARIES}
+                             ${CAIRO_LIBRARIES}
+                             ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES}
+                             ${GOBJECT2_LIBRARIES}
+                             ${IMLIB2_LIBRARIES}
+                             rt )
+
+install(TARGETS tint2 DESTINATION bin)