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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Makefile for the Latex-Classes for the corporate design of TU Darmstadt.
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Benjamin Brockhaus
+# You can modify and/or redistribute this under the terms of GPL v2 or later
+
+
+#Where to install the files:
+DEST = $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/share
+
+#List of documentation-files
+DOC = texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/TUD_doc.pdf
+
+#List of example-files
+EXAMPLES = texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/examples/tudposter/TUDposter.pdf\
+	texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/examples/tudreport/TUDarticle.pdf\
+	texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/examples/tudreport/TUDreport.pdf\
+	texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/examples/tudletter/TUDletter.pdf\
+	texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/examples/tudexercise/TUDexercise.pdf\
+	texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/examples/tudbeamer/TUDbeamer.pdf
+
+#Keep GNU make from automatically deleting files with these endings:
+.PRECIOUS: %.ps %.dvi
+
+all:	doc
+
+#build all documentation
+doc:	$(DOC) $(EXAMPLES)
+
+#Clean up all the intermediate files
+clean:	$(DOC:.pdf=.clean) $(EXAMPLES:.pdf=.clean)
+
+#Remove the output files too
+clean-all:	clean $(DOC:.pdf=.realclean) $(EXAMPLES:.pdf=.realclean)
+
+install:
+	#create target directories and if necessary parent-directories
+	mkdir -p $(DEST)/texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign
+	mkdir -p $(DEST)/texmf/tex/latex/tuddesign
+	#copy files to target destination
+	cp -rf texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/*** $(DEST)/texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign
+	cp -rf texmf/tex/latex/tuddesign/*** $(DEST)/texmf/tex/latex/tuddesign
+	#set permissions of copied files and folders
+	find $(DEST)/texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +
+	find $(DEST)/texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} +
+	find $(DEST)/texmf/tex/latex/tuddesign/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +
+	find $(DEST)/texmf/tex/latex/tuddesign/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} +
+	#link documentation
+	mkdir -p $(DEST)/doc/tuddesign
+	ln -s $(DEST)/texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign $(DEST)/doc/tuddesign/doc
+uninstall:
+	rm -rf $(DEST)/texmf/doc/latex/tuddesign
+	rm -rf $(DEST)/texmf/tex/latex/tuddesign
+	rm -rf $(DEST)/doc/tuddesign
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.PHONY: doc clean clean-all %.clean %.realclean install uninstall
+
+%.clean:
+	cd $(dir $@); rm -f $(basename $(notdir $@)).aux \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).log \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).toc \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).out \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).lof \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).len \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).nav \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).snm
+%.realclean:
+	cd $(dir $@); \
+	rm -f $(basename $(notdir $@)).dvi \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).ps \
+	$(basename $(notdir $@)).pdf
+%.pdf:	%.ps
+	cd $(dir $@); \
+	ps2pdf $(notdir $<);
+%.ps:	%.dvi
+	cd $(dir $@); \
+	dvips $(notdir $<);
+%.dvi:
+	cd $(dir $@); \
+	latex $(basename $(notdir $@)).tex; \
+	latex $(basename $(notdir $@)).tex;