CMake example

CMakeLists.txt

# project name
project (com.github.yourusername.yourrepositoryname)

# where we install data directory (if we have any)
set (DATADIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share")

# Set our translation domain
add_definitions ("-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}\"")

# we're about to use pkgconfig to make sure dependencies are installed so let's find pkgconfig first
find_package(PkgConfig)

# now let's actually check for the required dependencies
pkg_check_modules(DEPS REQUIRED gtk+-3.0)

add_definitions(${DEPS_CFLAGS})
link_libraries(${DEPS_LIBRARIES})
link_directories(${DEPS_LIBRARY_DIRS})

# make sure we have vala
find_package(Vala REQUIRED)

# make sure we use vala
include(ValaVersion)

# files we want to compile
include(ValaPrecompile)
vala_precompile(VALA_C ${EXEC_NAME}
    src/Application.vala

# tell what libraries to use when compiling
PACKAGES
    gtk+-3.0
)

# tell cmake what to call the executable we just made
add_executable(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${VALA_C})

# install the binaries we just made
install (TARGETS ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)

# Include the translations module
include (Translations)

#Translate our .desktop and .appdata files
configure_file_translation(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.desktop.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.desktop ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/)
configure_file_translation(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.appdata.xml.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.appdata.xml ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/)

# install our .desktop and .appdata files
install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.desktop DESTINATION ${DATADIR}/applications/)
install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${DATADIR}/metainfo/)