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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+
+# Define the default install paths
+set(BIN_INSTALL_DIR "bin" CACHE PATH "The binary install dir (default: bin)")
+set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}" CACHE PATH "The library install dir (default: lib${LIB_SUFFIX})")
+set(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR "include" CACHE PATH "The library install dir (default: include)")
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR "cmake" CACHE PATH "The subdirectory to install cmake config files (default: cmake)")
+set(DOC_INSTALL_DIR "share/doc" CACHE PATH "The subdirectory to install documentation files (default: share/doc)")