diff --git a/srcpkgs/cosmic-launcher b/srcpkgs/cosmic-launcher
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-COSMIC-Desktop
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/cosmic-launcher/template b/srcpkgs/cosmic-launcher/template
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+# Template file for 'cosmic-launcher'
+pkgname=cosmic-launcher
+version=1.0.0.alpha.1
+revision=1
+_tag=epoch-${version/.alpha/-alpha}
+build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config just"
+makedepends="libxkbcommon-devel"
+short_desc="TODO: cosmic-launcher short_desc"
+maintainer="Daniel Martinez <danielmartinez@cock.li>"
+license="GPL-3.0-only"
+homepage="https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-launcher"
+distfiles="https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-launcher/archive/refs/tags/${_tag}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a2bc1885c7e79ec2fb109ab8af6d7bea2c5318814cb9a349646d96fbe9513c09
+
+do_install() {
+	just --set cargo-target-dir "target/${RUST_TARGET}" --set rootdir ${DESTDIR} --set prefix /usr install
+}