diff --git a/BioArchLinux/salmon/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/salmon/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: bipin kumar <bipin@ccmb.res.in>
+pkgname=salmon
+pkgver=1.9.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Highly-accurate & wicked fast transcript-level quantification from RNA-seq reads using lightweight alignments"
+arch=('x86_64')
+url="https://combine-lab.github.io/$pkgname/"
+license=('GPL')
+depends=('intel-tbb'  'jemalloc' 'boost-libs' 'bzip2')
+makedepends=('boost>=1.55' 'cmake' 'unzip' 'cereal')
+options=('!emptydirs')
+source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"::"https://github.com/COMBINE-lab/$pkgname/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz")
+sha256sums=('450d953a5c43fe63fd745733f478d3fbaf24d926cb52731fd38ee21c4990d613')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+
+  # Add missing include <string> in 1.3.0 headers
+  sed -i 's/#include <unordered_map>/#include <unordered_map>\n#include <string>/g' include/BAMUtils.hpp
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+
+  # FIXME: NO_IPO=TRUE is for some reason needed in 1.3.0
+  #        Otherwise it is segfaulting...
+
+  cmake \
+    -DNO_IPO:BOOL='TRUE' \
+    -DCMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE:BOOL='ON' \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH='/usr' \
+    -Wno-dev \
+    -DUSE_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+    .
+
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+
+  install -Dm644 include/{*.h,*.hpp,*.tpp} -t ${pkgdir}/usr/include/${pkgname}
+
+  # clear cmake files
+  rm -rf ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/{graphdump,ntcard,twopaco}
+}
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: shell-script
+# sh-basic-offset: 2
+# End:
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/salmon/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/salmon/lilac.yaml
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+build_prefix: extra-x86_64
+maintainers:
+- github: sukanka
+  email: su975853527@gmail.com
+
+pre_build_script: |
+  update_pkgver_and_pkgrel(_G.newver)
+
+post_build_script: |
+  git_pkgbuild_commit()
+  update_aur_repo()
+
+update_on:
+  - source: github
+    github: COMBINE-lab/salmon
+    use_latest_release: true
+    prefix: v
+  - source: aur
+    aur: salmon
+  - alias: boost-libs