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+# Variables for build tools
+CMAKE=/bin/cmake
+MESON=/bin/meson
+# Paths for installed apps
+BIN_SYSTEM_PATH=/usr/local/bin
+INC_SYSTEM_PATH=/usr/include
+
+# Set the default target to build
+default-target: build
+
+# Build Hyprland if it's not installed on the system
+__Hyperland = $(BIN_SYSTEM_PATH)/hyprland
+$(__Hyperland): $(__Hyperlang) $(__Hypercursor)
+	if [ ! -d Hyprland ]; then
+		git submodule init
+		git submodule update --remote Hyprland
+	fi
+	$(MAKE) -C Hyprland all 
+
+# Build hyprcursor if the .hpp file is not installed (required hyprlang)
+__Hypercursor = $(INC_SYSTEM_PATH)/hyprcursor.hpp
+$(__Hypercursor): $(__Hyperlang) 
+	if [ ! -d hyprcursor ]; then
+		git submodule init
+		git submodule update --remote hyprcursor
+	fi
+	$(CMAKE) --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -S . -B ./hyprcursor/build
+	$(CMAKE) --build ./build --config Release --target all \
+		-j`nproc 2>/dev/null || getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF`
+	@echo "Installing library hyprcursor..."
+	sudo $(CMAKE) --install hyprcursor/build
+
+# Build hyprlang if the .hpp file is not installed
+__Hyprlang = $(INC_SYSTEM_PATH)/hyprlang.hpp 
+$(__Hyprlang): 
+	if [ ! -d hyprlang ]; then
+		git submodule init
+		git submodule update --remote hyprlang
+	fi
+	# built using cmake
+	$(CMAKE) --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -S . -B ./hyprlang/build
+	$(CMAKE) --build ./hyprlang/build --config Release --target hyprlang \
+		-j`nproc 2>/dev/null || getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF`
+	# At this point install hyprlang since it is a library other apps need
+	@echo "Installing library hyprlang..."
+	sudo $(CMAKE) --install ./hyprlang/build
+
+# Build hyprlock if it's not installed on the system
+__Hyprlock = $(BIN_SYSTEM_PATH)/hyprlock
+$(__Hyprlock): $(__Hyprlang)
+	if [ ! -d hyprlock ]; then
+		git submodule init
+		git submodule update --remote hyprlock
+	fi
+	$(CMAKE) --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
+		-S . -B ./hyprlock/build
+	$(CMAKE) --build ./hyprlock/build --config Release --target hyprlock \
+		-j`nproc 2>/dev/null || getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF`
+
+# Build hyprpaper if it's not installed on the system
+__Hyprpaper = $(BIN_SYSTEM_PATH)/hyprpaper
+hyprpaper: $(__Hyprlang)
+	if [ ! -d hyprpaper ]; then
+		git submodule init
+		git submodule update --remote hyprpaper
+	fi
+	$(CMAKE) --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -S . -B ./hyprpaper/build
+	$(CMAKE) --build ./hyprpaper/build --config Release --target hyprpaper \
+		-j`nproc 2>/dev/null || getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF`
+
+__Wl_clipboard = $(BIN_SYSTEM_PATH)/wl-copy $(BIN_SYSTEM_PATH)/wl-paste
+$(__Wl_clipboard): 
+	if [ ! -d wl-clipboard ]; then
+		git submodule init
+		git submodule update --remote wl-clipboard
+	fi
+	$(MESON) setup -C wl-clipboard build
+	ninja -C wl-clipboard/build
+
+# Build and install tomlplusplus if it's not on the system
+__Tomlplusplus = $(INC_SYSTEM_PATH)/toml++
+$(__Tomlplusplus):
+	@echo "Building and installing tomlplusplus..."
+	git clone https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus.git
+	$(MESON) setup -C tomlplusplus build --buildtype=release
+	ninja -C tomlplusplus/build
+	sudo $(MESON) install tomlplusplus/build
+
+.PHONY : deps
+deps: $(__Tomlplusplus)
+	@echo "Installing system dependencies..."
+	sudo eopkg it -y libcairo-devel file-devel libdrm-devel libglvnd-devel \
+		libjpeg-turbo-devel librsvg-devel libwebp-devel libzip-devel \
+		mesalib-devel pam-devel pango-devel waybar wayland-devel \
+		wayland-protocols-devel wlroots-devel libxkbcommon-devel
+
+### PHONY targets that a user would run ###
+.PHONY : build
+build: deps $(__Hyprcursor) $(__Hyprlang) $(__Hyprlock) $(__Hyprpaper) \
+	$(__Wl-clipboard) $(__Hyprland)
+
+.PHONY : install
+install: build
+	@echo "Installing Hyprland..."
+	sudo $(MAKE) -f Hyprland/Makefile install
+	@echo "Installing hyprlock..."
+	sudo $(CMAKE) --install hyprlock/build
+	@echo "Installing hyprpaper"
+	$(CMAKE) --install hyprpaper/build
+	@echo "Installing wl-clipboard"
+	sudo $(MESON) install -C wl-clipboard/build
+
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: build
+	@echo "Be real, you don't want to do this, so we'll abort."
+	$(error No test-suite implemented)