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+
+# All the sub-directories that need to be built
+SUBDIRS = base geometry inference linear nonlinear slam
+
+# And the corresponding libraries produced
+SUBLIBS = base/libbase.la geometry/libgeometry.la inference/libinference.la \
+          linear/liblinear.la nonlinear/libnonlinear.la slam/libslam.la
+
+# The following lines specify the actual shared library to be built with libtool
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgtsam.la
+libgtsam_la_SOURCES = 
+nodist_EXTRA_libgtsam_la_SOURCES = dummy.cxx
+libgtsam_la_LIBADD = $(SUBLIBS) -L$(CCOLAMDLib) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) -lccolamd
+libgtsam_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info 0:0:0
+
+if USE_ACCELERATE_MACOS
+libgtsam_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Accelerate
+endif