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+
+
+#===========================================
+
+# This file should be located WITHIN your project source tree.
+# (e.g. in cmake/FindTREXIO.cmake file)
+
+# usage in CMakeLists.txt 
+#list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")
+#find_package(TREXIO)
+#include_directories("${TREXIO_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+#target_link_libraries(your_target ${TREXIO_LIBRARY})
+
+#===========================================
+
+# If already in cache, be silent
+if (TREXIO_INCLUDE_DIR AND TREXIO_LIBRARY)
+  set(TREXIO_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
+endif()
+
+set(TREXIO_FOUND OFF)
+set(TREXIO_LIBRARY)
+
+set(TREXIO_NAMES "libtrexio.so")
+#set(TREXIO_NAMES "libtrexio.so" "libtrexio.dylib" "libtrexio.la")
+
+find_path(TREXIO_INCLUDE_DIR 
+	  NAMES trexio.h 
+	  HINTS /usr/include
+	        /usr/local/include
+		$ENV{HOME}/include)
+
+find_library(TREXIO_LIBRARY
+             NAMES ${TREXIO_NAMES}
+             PATHS /usr/lib
+                   /usr/local/lib
+		   $ENV{HOME}/lib
+             NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+
+
+# Handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set TREXIO_FOUND to TRUE if
+# all listed variables are TRUE.
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(TREXIO DEFAULT_MSG TREXIO_LIBRARY TREXIO_INCLUDE_DIR )
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(TREXIO_INCLUDE_DIR TREXIO_LIBRARY)