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+# Makefile for the main OpenJPEG codecs: j2k_to_image and image_to_j2k
+
+CFLAGS = -O3 -lstdc++ # -g -p -pg
+
+all: j2k_to_image image_to_j2k
+
+j2k_to_image: j2k_to_image.c ../libopenjpeg.a
+	gcc $(CFLAGS) convert.c j2k_to_image.c -o j2k_to_image -L.. -lopenjpeg -I ../libopenjpeg/ -lm
+
+image_to_j2k: image_to_j2k.c ../libopenjpeg.a
+	gcc $(CFLAGS) convert.c image_to_j2k.c -o image_to_j2k -L.. -lopenjpeg -I ../libopenjpeg/ -lm
+
+clean:
+	rm -f j2k_to_image image_to_j2k