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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
+  freetype,
+  harfbuzz,
+  imlib2,
+  libjpeg,
+  ncurses,
+  openjpeg,
+  zlib,
+  xorg,
+  cmake,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "jfbview";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jichu4n";
+    repo = "jfbview";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-ASgKXk5iVqKsBc1uzakHs5ojUb6AptGm9LxNyFcDngc=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    freetype
+    harfbuzz
+    imlib2
+    libjpeg
+    ncurses
+    openjpeg
+    xorg.libX11
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  env.LDFLAGS = "-lImlib2";
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_TESTING" false)
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" "Release")
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX" "/") # relative to $out
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=${placeholder "out"}" ];
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "PDF and image viewer for the Linux framebuffer";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jichu4n/jfbview";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jichu4n/jfbview/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ulysseszhan ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    mainProgram = "jfbview";
+  };
+})