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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+project(lodepng)
+
+find_package(SDL)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-W -Wall -Wextra -ansi -pedantic")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
+
+include_directories(.)
+add_library(lodepng STATIC lodepng.cpp)
+set_target_properties(lodepng PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER lodepng.h)
+install(TARGETS lodepng PUBLIC_HEADER)
+
+add_executable(unittest lodepng_util.cpp lodepng_unittest.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(unittest lodepng)
+
+add_executable(pngdetail lodepng_util.cpp pngdetail.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(pngdetail lodepng)
+install(TARGETS pngdetail)
+
+if (SDL_FOUND)
+	add_executable(benchmark lodepng_benchmark.cpp)
+	target_include_directories(benchmark PRIVATE ${SDL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+	target_link_libraries(benchmark lodepng ${SDL_LIBRARY})
+
+	add_executable(showpng examples/example_sdl.cpp)
+	target_include_directories(benchmark PRIVATE ${SDL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+	target_link_libraries(showpng lodepng ${SDL_LIBRARY})
+	install(TARGETS showpng)
+endif(SDL_FOUND)