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+# Build system for opm-core tutorials
+# Note: This is independent of the main opm-core build system.
+# It assumes an opm-core library is installed at the system level.
+
+project(opm-core-tutorials)
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+
+find_package(opm-core REQUIRED)
+
+include_directories(${opm-core_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+add_definitions(${opm-core_DEFINITIONS})
+
+foreach(tut 1 2 3 4)
+  add_executable(tutorial${tut} tutorial${tut}.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(tutorial${tut} ${opm-core_LIBRARIES})
+endforeach()