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+# Template file for 'xspringies'
+pkgname=xspringies
+version=1.12
+revision=1
+makedepends="libX11-devel"
+short_desc="Mass and spring simulation system"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-1"
+homepage="http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~decarlo/software.html"
+distfiles="http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~decarlo/software/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.Z>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=08a3e9f60d1f1e15d38d62dd62baab18f6ad57ee139b0ef41452be66e4ad6a28
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs} -f Makefile.std DDIR=/usr/
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin xspringies
+	vmkdir usr/lib
+	cp -r lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/xspringies
+	vman xspringies.man xspringies.1
+	vlicense COPYING LICENSE
+}