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+# Template file for 'clustalo'
+pkgname=clustalo
+version=1.2.4
+revision=1
+wrksrc="clustal-omega-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="argtable-devel"
+short_desc="Bioinformatics program for multiple sequence alignment"
+maintainer="Simon Whelan <si.whelan@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://www.clustal.org/omega"
+distfiles="http://www.clustal.org/omega/clustal-omega-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8683d2286d663a46412c12a0c789e755e7fd77088fb3bc0342bb71667f05a3ee