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+#
+# Copyright © 2016 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+#
+# This file is part of serialplot.
+#
+# serialplot is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# serialplot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with serialplot.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(QWT
+  PREFIX qwt
+  SVN_REPOSITORY svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/qwt/code/branches/qwt-6.1
+  # disable QwtDesigner plugin and enable static build
+  PATCH_COMMAND sed -i -r -e "s/QWT_CONFIG\\s*\\+=\\s*QwtDesigner/#&/"
+                          -e "s/QWT_CONFIG\\s*\\+=\\s*QwtDll/#&/"
+						  -e "s:/usr/local/.*:<INSTALL_DIR>:"
+							 <SOURCE_DIR>/qwtconfig.pri
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND qmake <SOURCE_DIR>/qwt.pro
+  )
+
+ExternalProject_Get_Property(QWT install_dir)
+set(QWT_ROOT ${install_dir})
+set(QWT_LIBRARY ${QWT_ROOT}/lib/libqwt.a)
+set(QWT_INCLUDE_DIR ${QWT_ROOT}/include)