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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+project(carla)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# check dependencies
+
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+
+if(APPLE)
+  find_library(APPKIT AppKit)
+  set(CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT "mm")
+else()
+  set(CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT "cpp")
+endif()
+
+# set(carla_pthread_libs ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+
+# Optional: transient X11 window flags
+if(PKGCONFIG_FOUND AND NOT (APPLE OR WIN32))
+  pkg_check_modules(X11 "x11")
+else()
+  set(X11_FOUND FALSE)
+endif()
+
+if(NOT (APPLE OR HAIKU OR WIN32))
+  set(CARLA_LIBDL dl)
+  set(CARLA_LIBM m)
+  set(CARLA_LIBRT rt)
+endif()
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# utilities
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# jackbridge
+
+add_library(carla-jackbridge STATIC)
+add_library(carla::jackbridge ALIAS carla-jackbridge)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-jackbridge
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-jackbridge
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/utils
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-jackbridge
+  PRIVATE
+    ${CARLA_LIBDL} 
+    ${CARLA_LIBRT}
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-jackbridge
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/jackbridge/JackBridge1.cpp
+    ../source/jackbridge/JackBridge2.cpp
+)
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# lilv
+
+# serd
+add_library(carla-lilv_serd STATIC)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-lilv_serd
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-lilv_serd
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4005 /wd4090 /wd4133 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4273>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-deprecated-declarations>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-implicit-fallthrough>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-unused-parameter>
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-lilv_serd
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/modules/lilv/config
+    ../source/modules/lilv/serd-0.24.0
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-lilv_serd
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/modules/lilv/serd.c
+)
+
+# sord
+add_library(carla-lilv_sord STATIC)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-lilv_sord
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-lilv_sord
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4005 /wd4090 /wd4133 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4273>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-deprecated-declarations>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-implicit-fallthrough>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-unused-parameter>
+    # workaround compiler bug, see https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109585
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-fno-strict-aliasing>
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-lilv_sord
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/modules/lilv/config
+    ../source/modules/lilv/sord-0.16.0
+    ../source/modules/lilv/sord-0.16.0/src
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-lilv_sord
+  PRIVATE
+    carla-lilv_serd
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-lilv_sord
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/modules/lilv/sord.c
+)
+
+# sratom
+add_library(carla-lilv_sratom STATIC)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-lilv_sratom
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-lilv_sratom
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4005 /wd4090 /wd4133 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4273>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-deprecated-declarations>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-implicit-fallthrough>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-unused-parameter>
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-lilv_sratom
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/modules/lilv/config
+    ../source/modules/lilv/sratom-0.6.0
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-lilv_sratom
+  PRIVATE
+    carla-lilv_serd
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-lilv_sratom
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/modules/lilv/sratom.c
+)
+
+# lilv
+add_library(carla-lilv_lilv STATIC)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-lilv_lilv
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-lilv_lilv
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4005 /wd4090 /wd4133 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4273>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-deprecated-declarations>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-implicit-fallthrough>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-unused-parameter>
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-lilv_lilv
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/modules/lilv/config
+    ../source/modules/lilv/lilv-0.24.0
+    ../source/modules/lilv/lilv-0.24.0/src
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-lilv_lilv
+  PRIVATE
+    carla-lilv_serd
+    carla-lilv_sord
+    carla-lilv_sratom
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-lilv_lilv
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/modules/lilv/lilv.c
+)
+
+# combined target
+add_library(carla-lilv INTERFACE)
+add_library(carla::lilv ALIAS carla-lilv)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-lilv
+  INTERFACE
+    carla-lilv_serd
+    carla-lilv_sord
+    carla-lilv_sratom
+    carla-lilv_lilv
+    ${CARLA_LIBDL}
+    ${CARLA_LIBM}
+    ${CARLA_LIBRT}
+)
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# rtmempool
+
+add_library(carla-rtmempool STATIC)
+add_library(carla::rtmempool ALIAS carla-rtmempool)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-rtmempool
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-rtmempool
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/utils
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-rtmempool
+  PRIVATE
+    ${CARLA_LIBDL} 
+    ${CARLA_LIBRT}
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-rtmempool
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/modules/rtmempool/rtmempool.c
+)
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# water
+
+add_library(carla-water STATIC)
+add_library(carla::water ALIAS carla-water)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-water
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-water
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4267>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-deprecated-copy>
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-water
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/utils
+)
+
+#   find_library(APPKIT AppKit)
+#       "uuid"
+#       "wsock32"
+#       "wininet"
+#       "version"
+#       "ole32"
+#       "ws2_32"
+#       "oleaut32"
+#       "imm32"
+#       "comdlg32"
+#       "shlwapi"
+#       "rpcrt4"
+#       "winmm")
+target_link_libraries(carla-water
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${APPLE}>:${APPKIT}>
+    $<$<BOOL:${WIN32}>:comdlg32 ole32 winmm>
+    ${CARLA_LIBDL}
+    ${CARLA_LIBRT}
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-water
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/modules/water/water.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+)
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# water-files
+
+add_library(carla-water-files STATIC)
+add_library(carla::water-files ALIAS carla-water-files)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-water-files
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-water-files
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4267>
+    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:-Wno-deprecated-copy>
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-water-files
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/utils
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-water-files
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${APPLE}>:${APPKIT}>
+    $<$<BOOL:${WIN32}>:ole32 winmm>
+    ${CARLA_LIBDL}
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-water-files
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/modules/water/water.files.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+)
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# carla bridge
+
+add_executable(carla-bridge-native)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-bridge-native
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(carla-bridge-native
+  PRIVATE
+    BUILDING_CARLA
+    BUILD_BRIDGE
+    BUILD_BRIDGE_ALTERNATIVE_ARCH
+    CARLA_LIB_EXT="${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+    $<$<BOOL:${X11_FOUND}>:HAVE_X11>
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-bridge-native
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4273>
+    ${X11_CFLAGS}
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-bridge-native
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source
+    ../source/backend
+    ../source/backend/engine
+    ../source/backend/plugin
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/modules
+    ../source/utils
+    ${X11_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-bridge-native
+  PRIVATE
+    carla-jackbridge
+    carla-lilv
+    carla-rtmempool
+    carla-water
+    ${X11_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-bridge-native
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/bridges-plugin/CarlaBridgePlugin.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+    ../source/backend/CarlaStandalone.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+    ../source/backend/engine/CarlaEngine.cpp
+    ../source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineBridge.cpp
+    ../source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineClient.cpp
+    ../source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineData.cpp
+    ../source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineInternal.cpp
+    ../source/backend/engine/CarlaEnginePorts.cpp
+    ../source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineRunner.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPlugin.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginBridge.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginJuce.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginAU.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginCLAP.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginLADSPADSSI.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginLV2.cpp
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginVST2.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+    ../source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginVST3.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+)
+                                                  
+#######################################################################################################################
+# carla discovery
+
+add_executable(carla-discovery-native)
+
+set_target_properties(carla-discovery-native
+  PROPERTIES
+    OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64;arm64"
+    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(carla-discovery-native
+  PRIVATE
+    BUILDING_CARLA
+)
+
+target_compile_options(carla-discovery-native
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:/wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4273>
+)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-discovery-native
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/backend
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/modules
+    ../source/utils
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-discovery-native
+  PRIVATE
+    carla-lilv
+    carla-water-files
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-discovery-native
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/discovery/carla-discovery.${CARLA_OBJCPP_EXT}
+)
+
+#######################################################################################################################
+# carla utils
+
+add_library(carla-utils SHARED)
+add_library(carla::utils ALIAS carla-utils)
+
+target_include_directories(carla-utils
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/backend
+    ../source/includes
+    ../source/modules
+    ../source/utils
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(carla-utils
+  PRIVATE
+    carla-lilv
+    carla-water
+)
+
+target_sources(carla-utils
+  PRIVATE
+    ../source/backend/utils/CachedPlugins.cpp
+    ../source/backend/utils/Information.cpp
+    ../source/backend/utils/JUCE.cpp
+    ../source/backend/utils/PipeClient.cpp
+    ../source/backend/utils/PluginDiscovery.cpp
+    ../source/backend/utils/System.cpp
+    #../source/backend/utils/Windows.cpp
+)
+
+#######################################################################################################################