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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  zlib,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ropebwt2";
+  version = "0-unstable-2021-02-01";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lh3";
+    repo = "ropebwt2";
+    rev = "bd8dbd3db2e9e3cff74acc2907c0742c9ebbf033";
+    hash = "sha256-R/VvbprwcfXF2TBZOYmc1MU3AzCcXFfWCHoYYumXtI8=";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+  makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -Dm755 ropebwt2 -t $out/bin
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lh3/ropebwt2";
+    description = "Incremental construction of FM-index for DNA sequences";
+    mainProgram = "ropebwwith lib; t2";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ apraga ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}