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+# Only used for JetBrains CLion
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+project(PerlWithCProject)
+
+# Add your C files here
+set(SOURCE_FILES
+        lib/IDS/DeReKoVecs/derekovecs-server.c
+)
+
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE on)
+if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -lm -g -O0 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-but-set-parameter -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-result")
+else ()
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -lm -pthread -O3 -march=native -mtune=native -Wall -funroll-loops")
+endif ()
+set(ADDITIONAL_LIBS ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS} pthread rt snappy z bz2 lz4 zstd stdc++ dl)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+# Find the Perl include path dynamically
+execute_process(
+        COMMAND perl -MConfig -e "print qq(\$Config{archlib}/CORE)"
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE PERL_INCLUDE_PATH
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+
+# Add the Perl include path to the project include directories
+include_directories(${PERL_INCLUDE_PATH})
+
+include_directories(/usr/local/include)
+link_directories(/usr/local/lib;/usr/local/lib64)
+
+find_library(COLLOCATORDB libcollocatordb_static.a REQUIRED)
+if (NOT COLLOCATORDB)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "No libcollocatordb_static.a found. Please install from https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/plugins/gitiles/private/collocatordb")
+endif ()
+
+find_library(ROCKSDB librocksdb.a REQUIRED)
+if (NOT ROCKSDB)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "No librocksdb.a found. Please install like suggested here https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/plugins/gitiles/private/collocatordb#install-rocksdb-and-prerequisites")
+endif ()
+
+
+add_library(my_c_lib ${SOURCE_FILES})
+
+# Link any external libraries, if necessary
+target_link_libraries(my_c_lib collocatordb)