diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/cmake-build-debug/
+/build/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
+project(telive)
+
+find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+if (LIBXML2_FOUND)
+    include_directories(${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif (LIBXML2_FOUND)
+
+find_package(Curses REQUIRED)
+if (CURSES_FOUND)
+    include_directories(${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif(CURSES_FOUND)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+set(SOURCE_FILES
+        telive.c
+        telive.h
+        telive_receiver.c
+        telive_receiver.h
+        telive_util.c
+        telive_util.h)
+
+add_executable(telive ${SOURCE_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(telive
+        ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES}
+        ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
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