diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_image-devel b/srcpkgs/SDL_image-devel
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_image-devel
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+SDL_image
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_image/SDL_image-devel.template b/srcpkgs/SDL_image/SDL_image-devel.template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_image/SDL_image-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'SDL_image-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libpng-devel
+Add_dependency run tiff-devel
+Add_dependency run jpeg-devel
+Add_dependency run SDL-devel
+Add_dependency run SDL_image
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_image/depends b/srcpkgs/SDL_image/depends
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_image/depends
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+abi_depends=">=1.2.10"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL_image/template b/srcpkgs/SDL_image/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL_image/template
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+# Template file for 'SDL_image'
+pkgname=SDL_image
+version=1.2.10
+distfiles="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/$pkgname/release/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Load images as SDL surfaces"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=75e05d1e95f6277b44797157d9e25a908ba8d08a393216ffb019b0d74de11876
+long_desc="
+ This is a simple library to load images of various formats as SDL
+ surfaces. This library supports BMP, PNM (PPM/PGM/PBM), XPM, LBM,
+ PCX, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TGA, and TIFF formats."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libpng
+Add_dependency run tiff
+Add_dependency run jpeg
+Add_dependency run SDL
+Add_dependency build libpng-devel
+Add_dependency build tiff-devel
+Add_dependency build jpeg-devel
+Add_dependency build SDL-devel