diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-recipes/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-recipes/template
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+# Template file for 'gnome-recipes'
+pkgname=gnome-recipes
+version=1.2.0
+revision=1
+_libgd_hash=97a852cdf3d37776f9c98f730d7dcbbe995bdeb7
+hostmakedepends="glib intltool itstool pkg-config meson git"
+makedepends="gtk+3-devel gnome-autoar-devel gspell-devel libcanberra-devel
+ libsoup-devel"
+short_desc="GNOME puzzle game where you locate mines in the ocean"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Recipes"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz
+ https://github.com/GNOME/libgd/archive/$_libgd_hash.tar.gz"
+checksum="ef9f12de50b6a4cbb9da5fe9300128b9cb4b57b490ba432ce0acefa70150c353
+ 02c9ec9192a0f732390292a21f4d123b7595957301608288125ae79451cf4b40"
+
+do_configure() {
+	# meson_post_install.py updates icon cache, desktop database etc.
+	# nothing that we need. It fails in this setup, so make it a nop
+	ln -sf /bin/true meson_post_install.py
+	rm -r subprojects/libgd
+	ln -sr ../libgd-$_libgd_hash subprojects/libgd
+	meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=plain build
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	ninja -C build
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	DESTDIR="$DESTDIR" ninja -C build install
+}