CMakelist.txt

# project name
project (ShowDesktop)

# the oldest stable cmake version we support
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)

# tell cmake where its modules can be found in our project directory
list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)

# where we install data directory (if we have any)
set (DATADIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share")

# what to call that directory where we install data too
set (PKGDATADIR "${DATADIR}/show-desktop")

set (EXEC_NAME "show-desktop")
set (RELEASE_NAME "Show Desktop")
set (VERSION "0.1")
set (VERSION_INFO "Development version")

# install our .desktop file so the Applications menu will see it
install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/show-desktop.desktop DESTINATION ${DATADIR}/applications/)

#
# *_PACKAGES are used with the vala compiler (not versioned.)
# *_PKG are used with PKG-Config and for linking, etc. (They can contain versions.)
#
# Both should contain *the same packages*, except for those whose VAPI file has
# a different name. In such case, *_PACKAGES would use the name of the VAPI while
# *_PKG would use the name of the package known by pkg-config.
#

set(DEPS_PACKAGES
    glib-2.0
    granite
    libwnck-3.0
)

set(DEPS_PKG
    granite
)


set(GLOBAL_VALAC_OPTIONS
 -X -DWNCK_I_KNOW_THIS_IS_UNSTABLE
)

# we're about to use pkgconfig to make sure dependencies are installed so let's find pkgconfig first
find_package(PkgConfig)

# now let's actually check for the required dependencies
pkg_check_modules(DEPS REQUIRED ${DEPS_PKG})





# make sure we have vala
find_package(Vala REQUIRED)

# make sure we use vala
include(ValaVersion)

# make sure it's the desired version of vala
ensure_vala_version("0.16.0" MINIMUM)

# files we want to compile
include(ValaPrecompile)
vala_precompile(VALA_C ${EXEC_NAME}
    src/show-desktop.vala

# tell what libraries to use when compiling
PACKAGES
    ${DEPS_PACKAGES}
OPTIONS
    ${GLOBAL_VALAC_OPTIONS}
)

add_definitions(${DEPS_CFLAGS})
link_libraries(${DEPS_LIBRARIES})
link_directories(${DEPS_LIBRARY_DIRS})

# tell cmake what to call the executable we just made
add_executable(${EXEC_NAME} ${VALA_C})

# install the binaries we just made
install (TARGETS ${EXEC_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)