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+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "ascii";
+  version = "3.18";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0b87vy06s8s3a8q70pqavsbk4m4ff034sdml2xxa6qfsykaj513j";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -i -e "s|^PREFIX = .*|PREFIX = $out|" Makefile
+  '';
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -vp "$out/bin" "$out/share/man/man1"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Interactive ASCII name and synonym chart";
+    homepage = "http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}