diff --git a/srcpkgs/netcdf-devel b/srcpkgs/netcdf-devel
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+netcdf
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/netcdf/template b/srcpkgs/netcdf/template
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+# Template file for 'netcdf'
+pkgname=netcdf
+version=4.4.1.1
+revision=1
+short_desc="A machine-independent format for representing scientific data"
+maintainer="Hans Grob <woufrous@gmail.com>"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="m4"
+makedepends="hdf5-devel"
+depends="hdf5"
+license="netcdf"
+homepage="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+wrksrc="netcdf-c-${version}"
+checksum=7f040a0542ed3f6d27f3002b074e509614e18d6c515b2005d1537fec01b24909
+
+configure_args="--enable-shared"
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYRIGHT
+}
+
+netcdf-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - delevopment files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/share/man/man3
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+	}
+}