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+option (BUILD_PYTHON "build python bindings" ON)
+
+find_package (PythonInterp)
+find_package (PythonLibs)
+find_package (SWIG)
+
+if (BUILD_PYTHON AND PYTHONINTERP_FOUND AND PYTHONLIBS_FOUND AND SWIG_FOUND AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+ include (UseSWIG)
+ include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/api)
+ include_directories (${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+ set_source_files_properties (nlopt.i PROPERTIES CPLUSPLUS ON)
+ set (SWIG_MODULE_nlopt_EXTRA_DEPS nlopt-python.i numpy.i ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/api/nlopt.hpp)
+
+ swig_add_module (nlopt python nlopt.i)
+ swig_link_libraries (nlopt nlopt)
+
+ execute_process ( COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_lib(plat_specific=True, prefix='${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}'))"
+ OUTPUT_VARIABLE _ABS_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH
+ OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )
+
+ get_filename_component (_ABS_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH ${_ABS_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH} ABSOLUTE)
+ file (RELATIVE_PATH _REL_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} ${_ABS_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH})
+
+ set (PYTHON_MODULE_PATH ${_REL_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH})
+
+ install ( FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nlopt.py DESTINATION ${PYTHON_MODULE_PATH} )
+ install ( TARGETS ${SWIG_MODULE_nlopt_REAL_NAME} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${PYTHON_MODULE_PATH} )
+endif ()