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+# Template file for 'ueberzugpp'
+pkgname=ueberzugpp
+version=2.9.7
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DENABLE_WAYLAND=ON -DENABLE_OPENGL=ON, -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config cli11 json-c++ spdlog range-v3 guidelines-support-library
+wayland-protocols extra-cmake-modules"
+makedepends="libvips-devel libsixel-devel chafa-devel openssl-devel tbb-devel
+fmt-devel xcb-util-image-devel libopencv-devel xcb-util-renderutil-devel ecm-devel
+libglvnd-devel wayland-devel"
+short_desc="Drop in replacement for ueberzug written in C++"
+maintainer="elbachir-one <bachiralfa@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp"
+distfiles="https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fcf4b35e2a38a42a9ea6665f2168a1f778008424b14817bcd381dbb7b5cc54b7