diff --git a/dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.16.PKGBUILD b/dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.16.PKGBUILD
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+pkgname=fribidi
+pkgver=1.0.16
+pkgdesc="A Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm"
+homepage="https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi"
+arch=(x86_64)
+license=(LGPL-2.1-or-later)
+depends=(glibc)
+makedepends=(meson)
+sources=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
+urls=("https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/releases/download/v${pkgver}/${sources[0]}")
+md5sums=("333ad150991097a627755b752b87f9ff")
+
+src_prepare() {
+  tar -xf ${distdir}/${sources[0]} --strip-components=1
+}
+
+src_build() {
+  local meson_args=(
+    --prefix=/usr
+    --buildtype=release
+    --wrap-mode=nodownload
+    -D deprecated=true
+    -D docs=false
+    -D bin=true
+    -D tests=false
+  )
+  meson setup build "${meson_args[@]}"
+  meson compile -C build
+}
+
+src_install() {
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" meson install -C build
+  install -Dm 644 COPYING -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/
+}
+
+# vim:ft=sh syn=sh et sw=2: