diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib-devel b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib-devel
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+kiwix-lib
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
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+# Template file for 'kiwix-lib'
+pkgname=kiwix-lib
+version=1.0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config ctpp2"
+makedepends="ctpp2-devel icu-devel libzim-devel pugixml-devel xapian-core-devel"
+short_desc="Common code base for all Kiwix ports"
+maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="kiwix.org"
+distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=a7973f741e9ac70ce0bb430c46833584e2c4c261eb15549d077a3b3349cbbac2
+
+kiwix-lib-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development packages"
+	depends="pugixml-devel icu-devel xapian-core-devel libzim-devel
+	ctpp2-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/bin
+		vmove usr/include
+	}
+}