diff --git a/tracer/PKGBUILD b/tracer/PKGBUILD
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+++ b/tracer/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Malacology <guoyizhang at malacology dot com>
+# Contributor: Malacology <guoyizhang at malacology dot com>
+
+pkgname=tracer
+_pkgname=Tracer
+pkgver=1.7.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Posterior summarisation in Bayesian phylogenetics"
+arch=('x86_64')
+url="https://github.com/beast-dev/tracer"
+license=('unknown')
+source=("https://github.com/beast-dev/tracer/releases/download/v${pkgver}/Tracer_v${pkgver}.tgz" "tracer.desktop")
+sha256sums=('200d7ffa1e48994b71245994e299847ac2be72d3d5c37d9048418557e1d8c12e'
+            '07c099a1d34b4718d46e083b98cf9352e50d81ee6cb7346544cd9d1248f02ea8')
+depends=(
+	'java-runtime'
+)
+package() {
+    install -dm755 "$pkgdir"/usr/{bin,share/{${_pkgname},applications}}
+    mv ${srcdir}/Tracer_v${pkgver}/* ${pkgdir}/usr/share/${_pkgname}
+    ln -s /usr/share/Tracer/bin/tracer ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/tracer
+    
+    install -m 755 ${srcdir}/tracer.desktop ${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/tracer.desktop
+}
diff --git a/tracer/lilac.py b/tracer/lilac.py
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+++ b/tracer/lilac.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from lilaclib import *
+
+def pre_build():
+  update_pkgver_and_pkgrel(_G.newver.lstrip('v'))
+
+def post_build():
+  git_add_files('PKGBUILD')
+  git_commit()
diff --git a/tracer/lilac.yaml b/tracer/lilac.yaml
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+++ b/tracer/lilac.yaml
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+build_prefix: extra-x86_64
+maintainers:
+  - github: starsareintherose
+    email: starsareintherose@outlook.com
+update_on:
+  - source: github
+    github: beast-dev/tracer
+    use_latest_release: true
diff --git a/tracer/tracer.desktop b/tracer/tracer.desktop
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+++ b/tracer/tracer.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Tracer
+MimeType=
+Exec=java -jar /usr/share/Tracer/lib/tracer.jar
+Type=Application
+Terminal=flase
+Icon=/usr/share/Tracer/images/Tracer.png
+Comment=Tracer
+X-KDE-StartupNotify=false
+Categories=System;
+X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true