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+# Template file for 'gdcalc'
+pkgname=gdcalc
+version=3.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config libtool bison"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel gtk+3-devel"
+depends="units"
+short_desc="Financial, statistics, scientific and programmers calculator for GTK+"
+maintainer="Bob Hepple <bob.hepple@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://gitlab.com/wef/gdcalc"
+distfiles="https://gitlab.com/wef/gdcalc/-/archive/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c6d10a78e00c6d2d1f79771563fe1be6080d0d36e459451e1ab47dd935e7b4db
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}