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+{ fetchurl,  lib, stdenv, flex }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "7.3.1";
+  pname = "wcslib";
+
+  buildInputs = [ flex ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 ="0p0bp3jll9v2094a8908vk82m7j7qkjqzkngm1r9qj1v6l6j5z6c";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace GNUmakefile --replace 2775 0775
+    substituteInPlace C/GNUmakefile --replace 2775 0775
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "World Coordinate System Library for Astronomy";
+    homepage = "https://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/";
+
+    longDescription = ''Library for world coordinate systems for
+    spherical geometries and their conversion to image coordinate
+    systems. This is the standard library for this purpose in
+    astronomy.'';
+
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}