diff --git a/srcpkgs/sword-devel b/srcpkgs/sword-devel
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+sword
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/sword/files/sword.conf b/srcpkgs/sword/files/sword.conf
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+[Install]
+DataPath=/usr/share/sword
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sword/template b/srcpkgs/sword/template
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+# Template file for 'sword'
+pkgname=sword
+version=1.8.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --sysconfdir=/etc --without-conf --disable-shared --with-icuregex"
+hostmakedepends="libtool automake pkg-config"
+makedepends="icu-devel clucene-devel libcurl-devel zlib-devel"
+conf_files="/etc/sword.conf"
+short_desc="CrossWire Bible Society's free Bible software project"
+maintainer="Dan Arnfield <dan@arnfield.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp"
+distfiles="https://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.8/sword-1.8.1.tar.gz"
+checksum=ce9aa8f721a737f406115d35ff438bd07c829fce1605f0d6dcdabc4318bc5e93
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vconf ${FILESDIR}/sword.conf
+}
+
+sword-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+	}
+}