diff --git a/recipes/r-bioverbs/build.sh b/recipes/r-bioverbs/build.sh
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+$R CMD INSTALL --build .
diff --git a/recipes/r-bioverbs/meta.yaml b/recipes/r-bioverbs/meta.yaml
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+{% set version = "0.1.6" %}
+
+package:
+  name: r-bioverbs
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://github.com/steinbaugh/bioverbs/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz 
+  sha256: 10a0bcb1186030e41bb7eab8a06ae36c561f8523ed3ab242d06b92f7f4f670d5
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+    host:
+        - r-base 
+    run:
+        - r-base
+
+test:
+    commands:
+        - $R -e "library('bioverbs')"
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/steinbaugh/bioverbs 
+  dev_url: https://github.com/steinbaugh/bioverbs
+  license: MIT
+  summary: S4 generic functions for bioinformatics, part of the basejump toolkit. 
+  license_family: MIT