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+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  zlib,
+  stdenv,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "fermi2";
+  version = "0.1-unstable-2021-05-21";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lh3";
+    repo = "fermi2";
+    rev = "cb1410972b2bd330883823116931ae67ead8b30f";
+    hash = "sha256-jDn1OBuGWDMEHI5A3R9meOykEGM6yjItSnUpx36DxgA=";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+  makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 fermi2 -t $out/bin
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lh3/fermi2";
+    description = "Successor of fermi, a whole genome de novo assembler based on the FMD-index for large genomes";
+    mainProgram = "fermi2";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ apraga ];
+    platforms = lib.intersectLists lib.platforms.x86_64 lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}