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+# Template file for 'odt2txt'
+pkgname=odt2txt
+version=0.5
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Simple converter from OpenDocument Text to plain text"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/dstosberg/odt2txt"
+distfiles="https://github.com/dstosberg/odt2txt/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=23a889109ca9087a719c638758f14cc3b867a5dcf30a6c90bf6a0985073556dd