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+#
+# Copyright 2023 CNRS
+#
+# Author: Guilhem Saurel
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# Try to find CoinUtils in standard prefixes and in ${CoinUtils_PREFIX} Once
+# done this will define CoinUtils_FOUND - System has CoinUtils
+# CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIRS - The CoinUtils include directories CoinUtils_LIBRARIES
+# - The libraries needed to use CoinUtils CoinUtils::CoinUtils - A target to use
+# for relocatable packages
+
+find_path(
+  CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIR
+  NAMES coin/CoinBuild.hpp
+  PATHS ${CoinUtils_PREFIX})
+find_library(
+  CoinUtils_LIBRARY
+  NAMES libCoinUtils.so
+  PATHS ${CoinUtils_PREFIX})
+
+set(CoinUtils_LIBRARIES ${CoinUtils_LIBRARY})
+set(CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(CoinUtils DEFAULT_MSG CoinUtils_LIBRARY
+                                  CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIR)
+mark_as_advanced(CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIR CoinUtils_LIBRARY)
+
+if(CoinUtils_FOUND AND NOT TARGET CoinUtils::CoinUtils)
+  add_library(CoinUtils::CoinUtils SHARED IMPORTED)
+  set_target_properties(
+    CoinUtils::CoinUtils PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+                                    "${CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  set_target_properties(
+    CoinUtils::CoinUtils PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE
+                                    "${CoinUtils_LIBRARY}")
+  set_property(
+    TARGET CoinUtils::CoinUtils
+    APPEND
+    PROPERTY IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS "RELEASE")
+  message(
+    STATUS
+      "CoinUtils found (include: ${CoinUtils_INCLUDE_DIR}, lib: ${CoinUtils_LIBRARY})"
+  )
+endif()