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+project('nrai_CAN_API', 'C')
+lib = static_library('nrai_CAN_API','nrai_CAN_API.c', install : true)
+
+pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+install_headers('nrai_CAN_API.h')
+pkg.generate(lib,
+#             version : '1.1',
+             description : 'the nrai api to pack and unpack CAN frames from the ADS-DV Software Interface Specification into simpler data structures ')