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+# Template file for 'nmon'
+pkgname=nmon
+version=14i
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+depends="ncurses"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://nmon.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage"
+short_desc="Nigel's performance Monitor for Linux"
+distfiles="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nmon/files/lmon${version}.c"
+skip_extraction="lmon${version}.c"
+checksum=d401cb5048e3e8e8f1ad63e68a0499c73ec64d5d2b7c41a1aeb2b596374eaa86
+
+do_build() {
+	$CC ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -D JFS -D GETUSER -D LARGEMEM -D X86 \
+		${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/lmon${version}.c -lncurses -o nmon
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall nmon 755 usr/bin/
+}