diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+
+find_package(Qt4)
+find_package(Qwt)
+find_package(CBF)
+find_package(Doxygen)
+
+add_subdirectory(slsDetectorSoftware)
+add_subdirectory(slsReceiverSoftware)
+add_subdirectory(slsImageReconstruction)
+if (QWT_FOUND)
+    add_subdirectory(slsDetectorGui)
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/FindCBF.cmake b/cmake/FindCBF.cmake
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+++ b/cmake/FindCBF.cmake
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+FIND_PATH (CBF_INCLUDE_DIR
+    ${CBF_DIR}/include
+    ${CBF_DIR}/include/cbflib
+)
+FIND_LIBRARY (CBF_LIBRARY
+    NAMES cbf
+    HINTS ${CBF_DIR}/lib
+)
+INCLUDE ( FindPackageHandleStandardArgs )
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS (CBF DEFAULT_MSG CBF_LIBRARY CBF_INCLUDE_DIR )
+
diff --git a/cmake/FindQwt.cmake b/cmake/FindQwt.cmake
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+++ b/cmake/FindQwt.cmake
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+FIND_PATH (QWT_INCLUDE_DIR 
+    NAMES 
+        qwt.h 
+    HINTS
+        $ENV{QWTDIR}/src
+        /usr/include/qwt
+)
+
+FIND_LIBRARY (QWT_LIBRARY
+    NAMES qwt
+    HINTS
+        $ENV{QWTDIR}/lib
+)
+
+SET (QWT_LIBRARIES ${QWT_LIBRARY})
+
+INCLUDE ( FindPackageHandleStandardArgs )
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS( QWT DEFAULT_MSG QWT_LIBRARIES QWT_INCLUDE_DIR )
+