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+DESCRIPTION="ncurses" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.7.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd ncurses-5.7
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd ncurses-5.7
+	make install
+}