diff --git a/srcpkgs/uberwriter/patches/uberwriter-localesdb.patch b/srcpkgs/uberwriter/patches/uberwriter-localesdb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..657387c5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/uberwriter/patches/uberwriter-localesdb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff -up uberwriter_bugfixes/setup.py.orig uberwriter_bugfixes/setup.py
+--- uberwriter_bugfixes/setup.py.orig	2012-12-10 23:22:28.168386230 -0600
++++ uberwriter_bugfixes/setup.py	2012-12-10 23:24:50.598256044 -0600
+@@ -159,7 +159,4 @@ DistUtilsExtra.auto.setup(
+         "uberwriter_lib",
+         "uberwriter"
+     ],
+-    package_data={
+-            'pylocales' : ['locales.db']
+-            }
+     )
+\ No newline at end of file
+diff -up uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter_lib/pylocales/locales.py.orig uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter_lib/pylocales/locales.py
+--- uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter_lib/pylocales/locales.py.orig	2012-12-10 23:25:11.512379118 -0600
++++ uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter_lib/pylocales/locales.py	2012-12-10 23:26:03.519678793 -0600
+@@ -38,20 +38,8 @@ __all__ = ['Country', 'Language', 'Langu
+ _translator_language = gettext.translation('iso_639', fallback=True).gettext
+ _translator_country = gettext.translation('iso_3166', fallback=True).gettext
+ 
+-# Decides where the database is located. If an application provides an
+-# os.path.get_module_path monkey patch to determine the path where the module
+-# is located it uses this. If not it searches in the directory of this source
+-# code file.
+-__path__ = None
+-if hasattr(os.path, 'get_module_path'):
+-    __path__ = os.path.get_module_path(__file__)
+-    if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(__path__, 'locales.db')):
+-        __path__ = None
+-if __path__ is None:
+-    __path__ = os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+-
+ # Loading the Database
+-_database = sqlite3.connect(os.path.join(__path__, 'locales.db'))
++_database = sqlite3.connect('/usr/share/uberwriter/locales.db')
+ 
+ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/uberwriter/patches/uberwriter-no-apt.patch b/srcpkgs/uberwriter/patches/uberwriter-no-apt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29c37ef51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/uberwriter/patches/uberwriter-no-apt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff -up uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter/UberwriterWindow.py.orig uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter/UberwriterWindow.py
+--- uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter/UberwriterWindow.py.orig	2012-12-10 13:24:22.947869013 -0600
++++ uberwriter_bugfixes/uberwriter/UberwriterWindow.py	2012-12-10 13:24:38.839927266 -0600
+@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import subprocess
+ import os
+ import codecs
+ import webbrowser
+-import apt
+ import urllib
+ 
+ from locale import gettext as _
+@@ -528,25 +527,6 @@ class UberwriterWindow(Window):
+         self.export("html")
+ 
+     def export_as_pdf(self, widget, data=None):
+-        if self.texlive_installed == False:
+-            try:
+-                cache = apt.Cache()
+-                inst = cache["texlive"].is_installed
+-            except:
+-                inst = True
+-
+-            if inst == False:
+-                dialog = Gtk.MessageDialog(self,
+-                    Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL | Gtk.DialogFlags.DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
+-                    Gtk.MessageType.INFO,
+-                    None, 
+-                    _("You can not export to PDF.")
+-                )
+-                dialog.format_secondary_markup(_("Please install <a href=\"apt:texlive\">texlive</a> from the software center."))
+-                response = dialog.run()
+-                return
+-            else:
+-                self.texlive_installed = True
+         self.export("pdf")
+ 
+     def copy_html_to_clipboard(self, widget, date=None):
+@@ -851,10 +831,6 @@ class UberwriterWindow(Window):
+         self.UberwriterAdvancedExportDialog = UberwriterAdvancedExportDialog
+ 
+         # Code for other initialization actions should be added here.
+-        
+-        # Texlive checker
+-
+-        self.texlive_installed = False
+ 
+         # Draw background
+         self.background_image = helpers.get_media_path('bg_light.png')
diff --git a/srcpkgs/uberwriter/template b/srcpkgs/uberwriter/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd82ceaa36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/uberwriter/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'uberwriter'
+pkgname=uberwriter
+version=12.11.02
+revision=1
+_subversion=public1-beta
+wrksrc=uberwriter_bugfixes
+build_style=python-module
+pycompile_module=$pkgname
+noarch=yes
+patch_args='-p1'
+hostmakedepends="python-distutils-extra intltool"
+depends="python-enchant python-gobject python-enchant pandoc ttf-ubuntu-font-family"
+short_desc="The simplest writing application"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://uberwriter.wolfvollprecht.de"
+distfiles="https://launchpad.net/$pkgname/trunk/${version%.*}/+download/${pkgname}_${version}-${_subversion}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1cfedcac0c76200cf2d1de2c34574646d9fb5100e48a8c99994aef1906a0f598
+
+post_install() {
+	vinstall uberwriter_lib/pylocales/locales.db 644 usr/share/uberwriter
+}