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+# Template file for 'genius'
+pkgname=genius
+version=1.0.23
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Advanced calculator including a mathematical programming language"
+maintainer="Samadi van Koten <samadi@vktec.co.uk>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.jirka.org/genius.html"
+distfiles="http://ftp.5z.com/pub/genius/genius-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="efdd082e8fb832f9dd08174ca03538aa46520ae81fdcb0044d93052bdd4c380a"
+depends="desktop-file-utils gtksourceview2 mpfr vte ncurses readline"
+hostmakedepends="intltool"
+makedepends="gtksourceview2-devel mpfr-devel vte-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel pkg-config gnome-doc-utils"
+nocross="https://travis-ci.org/voidlinux/void-packages/jobs/252374514"