diff --git a/popart/PKGBUILD b/popart/PKGBUILD
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+++ b/popart/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: malacology
+
+pkgname=popart
+pkgver=1.7
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="free population genetics software"
+arch=('x86_64')
+url="http://popart.otago.ac.nz/index.shtml"
+license=('custom')
+depends=('marble' 'lpsolve' 'qt5-base')
+source=("git+https://github.com/jessicawleigh/popart-current.git" "popart.desktop")
+md5sums=('SKIP'
+         '44802b43fa5dba142dbb20cc32e15f45')
+
+
+package() {
+  cd $srcdir/${pkgname}-current
+  qmake -makefile LPSOLVEDIR=/usr/bin/lp_solve MARBLEDIR=/usr/bin/marble popart.pro
+  make
+  install -d "$pkgdir"/usr/{bin,share/{popart,applications}}
+  mv "$srcdir"/popart-current/* "$pkgdir"/usr/share/popart
+  ln -s /usr/share/popart/popart "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/popart
+  install -Dm755 ${srcdir}/popart.desktop ${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/popart.desktop
+}
diff --git a/popart/lilac.py b/popart/lilac.py
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+++ b/popart/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/popart/lilac.yaml b/popart/lilac.yaml
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+++ b/popart/lilac.yaml
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+build_prefix: multilib
+maintainers:
+  - github: starsareintherose
+    email: starsareintherose@outlook.com
+
+pre_build: vcs_update
+
+update_on:
+  - source: github
+    github: bayesiancook/pbmpi
+
diff --git a/popart/popart.desktop b/popart/popart.desktop
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+++ b/popart/popart.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Categories=
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Exec=/usr/share/popart/popart
+GenericName=
+GenericName[zh]=
+Icon=/usr/share/popart/icons/popart.icns
+MimeType=
+Name=popart
+ServiceTypes=
+SwallowExec=
+SwallowTitle=
+Terminal=false
+TerminalOptions=
+Type=Application
+X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
+X-KDE-Username=root%
+