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+include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
+
+# For help take a look at:
+# http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:CPackConfiguration
+
+### general settings
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "StoRM")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "i2 RWTH Aachen University")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "Stochastic Reward Model Checker - An extensible model checker written in C++.")
+
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
+
+### versions
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${STORM_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${STORM_CPP_VERSION_MINOR}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${STORM_CPP_VERSION_PATCH}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}-${STORM_CPP_VERSION_HASH}")
+
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "ZIP")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+
+### source package settings
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "ZIP")
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES "~$;[.]swp$;/[.]svn/;/[.]git/;.gitignore;/build/;tags;cscope.*")
+set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}-src")
+
+include(CPack)
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