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+# Template file for 'freeorion'
+pkgname=freeorion
+version=0.4.7.1
+revision=1
+_release=${version}_2017-09-03.139ffd9
+wrksrc="src-tarball"
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="cppcheck doxygen python-pycodestyle"
+makedepends="boost-devel boost-python freetype-devel glew-devel
+ libopenal-devel libvorbis-devel python-devel SDL2-devel"
+depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
+maintainer="cr6git <quark6@protonmail.com>"
+short_desc="Turn-based space empire and galactic conquest (4X) computer game"
+homepage="http://freeorion.org/index.php/Main_Page"
+license="GPL-2, CC-BY-SA-3.0"
+distfiles="https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/releases/download/v${version}/FreeOrion_v${_release}_Source.tar.gz"
+checksum=15ace123318e46321b95a358439145ad1835d8edbc020afbf295f4919a0fa131