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+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Library for nonlinear optimization"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-2.1, MIT"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.7.0
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b881cc2a5face5139f1c5a30caf26b7d3cb43d69d5e423c9d78392f99844499f
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++"
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+-DNLOPT_CXX=ON
+-DNLOPT_FORTRAN=OFF
+-DNLOPT_PYTHON=OFF
+-DNLOPT_OCTAVE=OFF
+-DNLOPT_MATLAB=OFF
+-DNLOPT_GUILE=OFF
+-DNLOPT_SWIG=OFF
+-DNLOPT_TESTS=OFF
+"