diff --git a/packages/libmypaint/build.sh b/packages/libmypaint/build.sh
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+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/mypaint/libmypaint
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="MyPaint brush engine library"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="ISC"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6.1
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/mypaint/libmypaint/releases/download/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/libmypaint-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=741754f293f6b7668f941506da07cd7725629a793108bb31633fb6c3eae5315f
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="glib, json-c"
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+--disable-introspection
+--with-glib
+ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset=yes
+ac_cv_search_dgettext=yes
+gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc=yes
+gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc=yes
+"