diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdom-devel b/srcpkgs/libdom-devel
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+libdom
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdom/libdom-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libdom/libdom-devel.template
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+# Template file for 'libdom-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libdom
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdom/libdom.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/libdom/libdom.rshlibs
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+++ b/srcpkgs/libdom/libdom.rshlibs
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+libparserutils.so.0
+libwapcaplet.so.0
+libxml2.so.2
+libhubbub.so.0
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdom/template b/srcpkgs/libdom/template
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+# Template build file for 'libdom'.
+pkgname=libdom
+version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
+short_desc="Implementation of the W3C DOM, written in C."
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+long_desc="
+ LibDOM is an implementation of the W3C DOM, written in C. It is
+ currently in development for use with NetSurf and is intended to
+ be suitable for use in other projects too. For further details,
+ see the readme."
+
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
+
+nofetch=yes
+noextract=yes
+
+Add_dependency build sed
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build perl
+Add_dependency build subversion
+Add_dependency build libxml2-devel
+Add_dependency build libparserutils-devel
+Add_dependency build libwapcaplet-devel
+Add_dependency build libhubbub-devel
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libdom"
+	msg_normal " Fetching source from $url ...\n"
+	svn co ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs} COMPONENT_TYPE=lib-shared
+	make ${makejobs} COMPONENT_TYPE=lib-static
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make ${makejobs} COMPONENT_TYPE=lib-shared \
+		PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+	make ${makejobs} COMPONENT_TYPE=lib-static \
+		PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+}