diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtickit-devel b/srcpkgs/libtickit-devel
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+libtickit
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtickit/template b/srcpkgs/libtickit/template
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+# Template file for 'libtickit'
+pkgname=libtickit
+version=0.2
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libtool"
+makedepends="unibilium-devel libtermkey-devel"
+checkdepends="perl"
+short_desc="Library for building interactive full-screen terminal programs"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libtickit/"
+distfiles="http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libtickit/libtickit-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=88e1eaeb0fcd3a0f0bb0cac9cfdbb66a97fe358344c68024acb9b2da3bcb1320
+make_check_target=test
+nocross="failure to link"
+
+libtickit-devel_package() {
+	depends="libtickit-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/share/man/man3
+		vmove usr/share/man/man7
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+	}
+}