diff --git a/srcpkgs/AppStream-devel b/srcpkgs/AppStream-devel
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+AppStream
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/AppStream/template b/srcpkgs/AppStream/template
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+# Template file for 'AppStream'
+pkgname=AppStream
+version=0.12.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="appstream-APPSTREAM_${version//./_}"
+build_style=meson
+configure_args="-Dgir=false -Dstemming=false -Dapidocs=false"
+hostmakedepends="docbook-xsl glib-devel gperf libxslt pkg-config"
+makedepends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel libyaml-devel"
+short_desc="Tools and libraries to work with AppStream metadata"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/ximion/appstream"
+distfiles="https://github.com/ximion/appstream/archive/APPSTREAM_${version//./_}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8f720ced48fda243f78f5a38a57b61b4f49b67119a749b6eee2599c0c3b9e16e
+conf_files="/etc/appstream.conf"
+
+AppStream-devel_package() {
+	depends="AppStream-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/AppStream/update b/srcpkgs/AppStream/update
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+site=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ximion/appstream/master/NEWS
+pattern="^Version \K.*"