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+# Contributor: Alan Lacerda <alacerda@alpinelinux.org>
+# Maintainer:
+pkgname=mate-desktop
+pkgver=1.9.3
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="The MATE Desktop Environment"
+url="http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/mate-desktop"
+arch="all"
+license="GPL2"
+depends="mate-common yelp-tools"
+depends_dev=""
+makedepends="$depends_dev itstool intltool dconf-dev gtk+-dev libxrandr-dev"
+install=""
+subpackages="$pkgname-lang $pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc"
+source=" http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.9/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz"
+
+_builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+prepare() {
+	local i
+	cd "$_builddir"
+	for i in $source; do
+		case $i in
+		*.patch) msg $i; patch -p1 -i "$srcdir"/$i || return 1;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
+
+build() {
+	cd "$_builddir"
+	./configure \
+		--build=$CBUILD \
+		--host=$CHOST \
+		--prefix=/usr \
+		|| return 1
+	make || return 1
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd "$_builddir"
+	make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install || return 1
+	find "$pkgdir" -name \*.la -delete
+}
+
+md5sums="784e09aa5b9425798e24d67462f795eb  mate-desktop-1.9.3.tar.xz"
+sha256sums="d8197d98962ca511214e5785c3e75559174bfe1329dabe3953ea2be091ecfcb9  mate-desktop-1.9.3.tar.xz"
+sha512sums="15508542099e6da26a101439a33509404ec459a2eff7ebfbbbdd402af4660eb62a4704d4418f3c7dc9e601cd88864c4b8024ea8ab75e2a20c81bf3d6d90245cf  mate-desktop-1.9.3.tar.xz"