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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+project(amg4psblas VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES C Fortran)
+
+
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake")
+
+# Check for the installation path for psblas
+if(NOT DEFINED PSBLAS_INSTALL_DIR)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Please specify the path to the psblas installation directory using -DPSBLAS_INSTALL_DIR=<path>")
+endif()
+
+# Set the include and library directories based on the provided path
+set(INSTALLDIR "${PSBLAS_INSTALL_DIR}")
+set(INCDIR "${INSTALLDIR}/include")
+set(MODDIR "${INSTALLDIR}/modules")
+set(LIBDIR "${INSTALLDIR}/lib")
+
+
+message(STATUS "PSBLAS DIRECTORY INC ${INCDIR}; MOD ${MODDIR}; LIB ${LIBDIR};")
+
+# Find the psblas package
+find_package(psblas REQUIRED PATHS ${INSTALLDIR})
+
+if(NOT psblas_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "PSBLAS not found!")
+else()
+    message(STATUS "Found PSBLAS: ${psblas_LIBRARIES}")
+endif()
+
+# Include directories for the project
+include_directories(${PSBLAS_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+
+# Include directories for the Fortran compiler
+include_directories(${INCDIR} ${MODDIR} ${LIBDIR})
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+#TODO: what follow should be taken from psblas. We need to set in PSBLAS CMakeLists.txt the right variable to be used here
+#------------------------------------
+# Fortran name mangling introspection
+#------------------------------------
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/CapitalizeString.cmake")
+include(FortranCInterface)
+CapitalizeString(${FortranCInterface_GLOBAL__CASE} fc_case)
+message(STATUS "Name mangling capitalization: ${fc_case}")
+message(STATUS "Name mangling fortran global suffix underscore: ${FortranCInterface_GLOBAL__SUFFIX}")
+if(FortranCInterface_GLOBAL__SUFFIX STREQUAL "")
+  add_compile_options("-D${fc_case}Case")
+elseif(FortranCInterface_GLOBAL__SUFFIX STREQUAL "_")
+  add_compile_options("-D${fc_case}Underscore")
+elseif(FortranCInterface_GLOBAL__SUFFIX STREQUAL "__")
+  add_compile_options("-D${fc_case}DoubleUnderscore")
+else()
+  message( FATAL_ERROR "Fortran name mangling suffix, \'${FortranCInterface_GLOBAL__SUFFIX}\', unknown to PSBLAS")
+endif()
+
+
+  message(STATUS "win? ${WIN32};")
+if(TRUE )#NOT ${WIN32})
+#previous check did not work if WIN32 is empty string
+  #----------------------------------------------
+  # Determine system endian-ness and pointer size
+  #----------------------------------------------
+  include(TestBigEndian)
+  TEST_BIG_ENDIAN(IS_BIG_ENDIAN)
+  if(IS_BIG_ENDIAN)
+    message( STATUS "System appears to be big endian.")
+  else()
+    message( STATUS "System appears to be little endian.")
+    add_compile_options(-DLittleEndian)
+  endif()
+  include(CheckTypeSize)
+  CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("void *" VOID_P_SIZE LANGUAGE C)
+  if(${VOID_P_SIZE} EQUAL 8)
+    add_compile_options(-DPtr64Bits)
+  endif()
+  message(STATUS "Have 64bit pointers")
+  
+  #add define values for integer size (IPKx) and long size (LPKx)
+  CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("int" INT_SIZE LANGUAGE C)
+  CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("long" LONG_SIZE LANGUAGE C)
+  message(STATUS "INT SIZE ${INT_SIZE}")
+
+  add_compile_options(-DIPK${INT_SIZE})
+  add_compile_options(-DLPK${LONG_SIZE})
+
+  
+endif()
+
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+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/amgprec/CMakeLists.txt)  # include amgprec_source_files and amgprec_source_C_files source files
+
+add_library(amgprec_C OBJECT ${amgprec_source_C_files})
+
+target_link_libraries(amgprec_C
+  #PUBLIC ${LAPACK_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES} ${LAPACK95_LIBRARIES}
+  #PUBLIC ${BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS95_LIBRARIES}
+  psblas::util psblas::linsolve psblas::prec psblas::ext psblas::cbind psblas::base)  #TODO  check actual libraries needed
+
+add_library(amgprec ${amgprec_source_files} $<TARGET_OBJECTS:amgprec_C>)
+
+set_target_properties(amgprec
+  PROPERTIES
+  Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/modules"  
+  POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE
+  OUTPUT_NAME psb_amgprec
+  LINKER_LANGUAGE Fortran
+  )
+
+target_include_directories(amgprec PUBLIC
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/modules> 
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:modules>)
+
+message(STATUS "include dir := ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+
+#target_include_directories(base PUBLIC ${CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY})
+
+target_include_directories(amgprec PUBLIC ${INCDIR} ${MODDIR})
+target_link_libraries(amgprec
+  #PUBLIC ${LAPACK_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES} ${LAPACK95_LIBRARIES}
+  #PUBLIC ${BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS} ${BLAS_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS95_LIBRARIES}
+  psblas::util psblas::linsolve psblas::prec psblas::ext psblas::cbind psblas::base)  #TODO  check actual libraries needed
+
+
+
+
+# Install the library
+install(TARGETS amgprec
+    DESTINATION lib
+)
+
+# Optionally, you can install the headers
+install(DIRECTORY include/
+    DESTINATION include
+)