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+args: with args;
+
+# NOTE: This package does not build on 64-bit systems. Because of some faulty
+# int->pointer arithmatic. The build scripts are abnormal - but it appears to
+# work.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "arb-2007-Dec-07";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://download.arb-home.de/release/2007_12_07/arbsrc.tgz;
+    sha256 = "04l7qj0wigg1h56a9d70hxhdr343v3dg5dhqrc7fahc1v4h8f1rd";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./makefile.patch ];
+
+  buildInputs = [glew mesa libpng x11 libXpm lesstif lynx freeglut libtiff rxp sablotron libXaw perl jdk ];
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    tar xzf $src
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    echo `make`   # avoids error signal
+    export ARBHOME=`pwd`
+    export PATH=$ARBHOME/bin:$PATH
+    make all
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    datadir=/nix/var/lib/arb
+    ensureDir $out/lib
+    # link out shared location
+    ensureDir $datadir/lib/pts
+    chmod a+rwx $datadir/lib/pts
+    # cp -vau lib/pts $datadir/lib
+    rm -vrf lib/pts
+    ln -vs $datadir/lib/pts $out/lib/pts
+    # link out shared location
+    ensureDir $datadir/lib/nas
+    cp -vau lib/nas $datadir/lib
+    rm -vrf lib/nas
+    ln -vs $datadir/lib/nas $out/lib/nas
+    # bulk copy
+    cp -vau * $out
+    # replace arb script
+    mv $out/bin/arb $out/bin/arb.orig
+    cat > $out/bin/arb << ARB 
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo Starting Nix compiled arb from $out
+echo Shared databases are located in $datadir
+export ARBHOME=$out
+export LD_LIBRARY=$ARBHOME/lib
+
+$out/bin/arb_ntree $*
+
+ARB
+    chmod +x $out/bin/arb
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description     = "ARB software for sequence database handling and analysis";
+    longDescription = ''The ARB software is a graphically oriented package comprising various tools for sequence database handling and data analysis. A central database of processed (aligned) sequences and any type of additional data linked to the respective sequence entries is structured according to phylogeny or other user defined criteria''; 
+    license     = "non-free";
+    pkgMaintainer = "Pjotr Prins";
+    homepage    = http://www.arb-home.de/;
+  };
+}