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+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, octave ? null }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nlopt";
+  version = "2.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stevengj";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0xm8y9cg5p2vgxbn8wn8gqfpxkbm0m4qsidp0bq1dqs8gvj9017v";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ octave ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-cxx"
+    "--enable-shared"
+    "--with-pic"
+    "--without-guile"
+    "--without-python"
+    "--without-matlab"
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (octave != null) [
+    "--with-octave"
+    "M_INSTALL_DIR=$(out)/${octave.sitePath}/m"
+    "OCT_INSTALL_DIR=$(out)/${octave.sitePath}/oct"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
+    description = "Free open-source library for nonlinear optimization";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}