diff --git a/srcpkgs/eom-devel b/srcpkgs/eom-devel
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+eom
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/eom/template b/srcpkgs/eom/template
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+# Template file for 'eom'
+pkgname=eom
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-python"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel dbus-glib-devel exempi-devel lcms2-devel libexif-devel
+ libjpeg-turbo-devel librsvg-devel mate-desktop-devel startup-notification-devel
+ mate-icon-theme"
+depends="dbus mate-icon-theme"
+short_desc="An image viewing and cataloging program for MATE"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=ec8450bf2ebef13c2e376b1674f0f7402f87669a71eb9e2e4d1161a2784aaf9e
+
+eom-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="libeom>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
+	}
+}