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-#AM_CPPFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/src/phreeqcpp -I$(top_srcdir)/src/phreeqcpp/phreeqc
-AM_CPPFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/src/phreeqcpp/phreeqc
-
-SUBDIRS=phreeqc
-
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES=libphreeqcpp.la
-
-##{{
-##libphreeqcpp_la_CPPFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/src/phreeqcpp/phreeqc
-##libphreeqcpp_la_CPPFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/src/phreeqcpp -I$(top_srcdir)/src/phreeqcpp/phreeqc
-##}}
-
-# library sources
-libphreeqcpp_la_SOURCES=\
-	char_star.h\
-	cxxKinetics.cxx\
-	cxxKinetics.h\
-	cxxMix.cxx\
-	cxxMix.h\
-	Dictionary.h\
-	dumper.cpp\
-	dumper.h\
-	Exchange.cxx\
-	Exchange.h\
-	ExchComp.cxx\
-	ExchComp.h\
-	GasPhase.cxx\
-	GasPhase.h\
-	ISolution.cxx\
-	ISolution.h\
-	ISolutionComp.cxx\
-	ISolutionComp.h\
-	KineticsComp.cxx\
-	KineticsComp.h\
-	NameDouble.cxx\
-	NameDouble.h\
-	NumKeyword.cxx\
-	NumKeyword.h\
-	Parser.cxx\
-	Parser.h\
-	Phreeqc.cpp\
-	Phreeqc.h\
-	Phreeqc_class.h\
-	PPassemblage.cxx\
-	PPassemblage.h\
-	PPassemblageComp.cxx\
-	PPassemblageComp.h\
-	Reaction.cxx\
-	Reaction.h\
-	ReadClass.cxx\
-	runner.cpp\
-	runner.h\
-	SAXPhreeqc.h\
-	SaxPhreeqcHandlers.h\
-	Solution.cxx\
-	Solution.h\
-	SolutionIsotope.cxx\
-	SolutionIsotope.h\
-	SolutionIsotopeList.cxx\
-	SolutionIsotopeList.h\
-	SSassemblage.cxx\
-	SSassemblage.h\
-	SSassemblageSS.cxx\
-	SSassemblageSS.h\
-	StorageBin.cxx\
-	StorageBin.h\
-	StorageBinList.cpp\
-	StorageBinList.h\
-	Surface.cxx\
-	Surface.h\
-	SurfaceCharge.cxx\
-	SurfaceCharge.h\
-	SurfaceComp.cxx\
-	SurfaceComp.h\
-	System.cxx\
-	System.h\
-	Temperature.cxx\
-	Temperature.h\
-	Utils.cxx\
-	Utils.h
-
-##COMPILE = $(CXXCOMPILE)
-##LTCOMPILE = $(LTCXXCOMPILE)