diff --git a/srcpkgs/allegro5-devel b/srcpkgs/allegro5-devel
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+allegro5
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/allegro5/template b/srcpkgs/allegro5/template
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+# Template file for 'allegro5'.
+pkgname=allegro5
+version=5.0.11
+revision=1
+wrksrc="allegro-${version}"
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DWANT_DOCS=OFF -DWANT_PHYSFS=ON"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake"
+makedepends="zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel jack-devel libXpm-devel libXxf86vm-devel
+ libXxf86dga-devel libXcursor-devel libvorbis-devel libpng-devel glu-devel"
+depends="libGL"
+short_desc="Portable library mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programming"
+maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
+license="Allegro License (MIT alike)"
+homepage="http://alleg.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="http://download.gna.org/allegro/allegro/${version}/allegro-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=49fe14c9571463ba08db4ff778d1fbb15e49f9c33bdada3ac8599e04330ea531
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+}
+
+allegro5-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${makedepends}=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}