CMakeLists.txt

    # project name
    project (dwarf-backgrounds)

    # the oldest stable cmake version we support
    cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)

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

    set (EXEC_NAME "dwarf-backgrounds")
    set (RELEASE_NAME "Initial Release")
    set (VERSION "0.1")
    set (VERSION_INFO "The initial release")

    # 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 gio-2.0 granite)

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

    # 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" MINIMUM)

    # files we want to compile
    include(ValaPrecompile)
    vala_precompile(VALA_C ${EXEC_NAME}
        src/DwarfBackgrounds.vala
        src/GsettingConfigurator.vala
        src/UnsplashApi.vala
        src/DbusMessenger.vala
        src/CommandParser.vala
        src/CommandExecuter.vala
        src/FilesystemController.vala
        src/Errors/BadArgumentError.vala
        src/Commands/ICommand.vala
        src/Commands/CategoryCommand.vala
        src/Commands/RandomCommand.vala
        src/Commands/UserCommand.vala

    # tell what libraries to use when compiling
    PACKAGES
        gio-2.0
        granite
        posix
    )

    # 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)