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A catkin package is basically a CMake project which can be built without the catkin specific tools. Simply invoke the same commands as for any CMake project:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. (you might want to pass flags to a) build tests, b) build in release/debug mode, c) choose a custom install prefix)
make
make install

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