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+project(ariya-icons NONE)
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+# include specific modules
+set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+
+if (WIN32)
+   set(ICON_INSTALL_DIR         "share/icons"             ) # The icon install dir (default ${SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/icons/)
+else (WIN32)
+   set(SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share" )
+   set(ICON_INSTALL_DIR     "${SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/icons" )
+endif(WIN32)
+
+########### install files ###############
+
+set( icon_dirs  places devices apps emotes emblems animations actions status categories panel mimes )
+
+set(ARIYA_INSTALL_DIR ${ICON_INSTALL_DIR}/ariya)
+install( DIRECTORY ${icon_dirs} DESTINATION ${ARIYA_INSTALL_DIR} PATTERN .git EXCLUDE PATTERN "*.sh" EXCLUDE )
+install( FILES index.theme DESTINATION ${ARIYA_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+macro (COPY_ICONS _srcdir _srcfile _destdir)
+  set(_src "${_srcdir}/${_srcfile}")
+  if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_src}")
+    foreach(_dest ${ARGN})
+      install( FILES "${_src}" DESTINATION ${_destdir}/${_srcdir} RENAME "${_dest}" )
+    endforeach()
+  endif()
+endmacro (COPY_ICONS)
+
+# Copy the msoffice icon to the msoffice-2007 mimetypes (#225507)
+foreach(_sizedir ${icon_dirs})
+
+endforeach()
+