diff --git a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
+project (MatplotlibCPP_Test)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
+include_directories(${PYTHONHOME})
+include_directories(${PYTHONHOME}/Lib/site-packages/numpy/core/include)
+set(PYTHONFULLHOME ${LPYTHONHOME}/config-3.8-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+link_directories(${PYTHONFULLHOME})
+
+add_definitions(-DMATPLOTLIBCPP_PYTHON_HEADER=Python.h)
+
+# message(STATUS "*** dump start cmake variables ***")
+# get_cmake_property(_variableNames VARIABLES)
+# foreach(_variableName ${_variableNames})
+#         message(STATUS "${_variableName}=${${_variableName}}")
+# endforeach()
+# message(STATUS "*** dump end ***")
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER g++)
+#set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${PYTHONFULLHOME}/libpython3.8.a)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -lpython3.8)
+add_compile_options(${PYTHONFULLHOME}/libpython3.8.a)
+
+add_executable(minimal ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples/minimal.cpp)
+
+# add_executable(basic ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples/basic.cpp)
+# add_executable(modern ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples/modern.cpp)
+# add_executable(animation ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples/animation.cpp)
+# add_executable(nonblock ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples/nonblock.cpp)
+# add_executable(xkcd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples/xkcd.cpp)
+# add_executable(bar ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples/bar.cpp)
diff --git a/examples/? b/examples/?
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+++ b/examples/?
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+$
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
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+++ b/examples/Makefile
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+SOURCE=basic modern animation nonblock  xkcd
+LIB=libplt_examples.a
+build_dir=examplesbin
+lflags=-L$(LPYTHONHOME)/config-3.8-x86_64-linux-gnu -lpython$(version)
+incflags=-I$(PYTHONHOME) -I./
+all: $(SOURCE) $(LIB)
+
+.PHONY: $(SOURCE) 
+source: $(SOURCE) $(patsubst %,%.o, $(SOURCE))
+
+$(build_dir):
+	mkdir $@
+$(SOURCE): $(Build_dir) 
+ifndef compile
+	g++ -c $@.cpp $(incflags) $(lflags) -o examplesbin/$@.o
+else
+	g++  $@.cpp $(incflags) $(lflags) -o examplesbin/$@
+endif
+
+$(LIB): $(SOURCE)
+	ar rcs $@ $(patsubst %,$(build_dir)/%.o, $(^)) || true
+clean_obj: 
+	rm -rf $(build_dir)*.o || true
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(build_dir)/*.o || true
+	rm -rf *.a || true
+	#rm -rf $(build_dir)/$(patsubst %, $(build_dir)/%.o, SOURCE) || true