diff --git a/srcpkgs/fribidi-devel b/srcpkgs/fribidi-devel
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+++ b/srcpkgs/fribidi-devel
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+fribidi
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/fribidi/depends b/srcpkgs/fribidi/depends
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+abi_depends=">=0.19.2"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fribidi/fribidi-devel.template b/srcpkgs/fribidi/fribidi-devel.template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/fribidi/fribidi-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'fribidi-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc-devel
+Add_dependency run fribidi
+
+do_install()
+{
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fribidi/template b/srcpkgs/fribidi/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/fribidi/template
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+# Template file for 'fribidi'
+pkgname=fribidi
+version=0.19.2
+distfiles="http://fribidi.org/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=49cf91586e48b52fe25872ff66c1da0dff0daac2593f9f300e2af12f44f64177
+long_desc="
+ The library implements all of the algorithm as described in the Unicode
+ Standard Annex \#9, The Bidirectional Algorithm,
+ http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr9/. FriBidi is exhautively tested
+ against Bidi Reference Code, and due to our best knowledge, does not contain
+ any conformance bugs."
+
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+Add_dependency run glibc