diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop-devel b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop-devel
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+cinnamon-desktop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
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+# Template file for 'cinnamon-desktop'
+pkgname=cinnamon-desktop
+version=2.0.4
+revision=1
+short_desc="Library with common API for various Cinnamon modules"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args=" --disable-static"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool gnome-common pkg-config gobject-introspection  
+gettext-devel intltool which"
+makedepends="gdk-pixbuf-devel gtk+3-devel libXrandr-devel xkeyboard-config libxkbfile-devel "
+maintainer="Roelof Wobben <rwobben@hotmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone -b ${version} git://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname} ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+cinnamon-desktop-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
+}
+        
+cinnamon-desktop_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}
+