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+#!/bin/bash
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install
diff --git a/recipes/gneiss/meta.yaml b/recipes/gneiss/meta.yaml
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+{% set version = "0.4.4" %}
+
+package:
+  name: gneiss
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  fn: gneiss-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/e/gneiss/gneiss-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  md5: d6cda5a3b43d174bef3567ebc243ebf64c5ba64220ce8cc9bf04dc5c436c2292
+
+build:
+  number: 1
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - setuptools
+    - python 3.5*
+    - scikit-bio >=0.5.1
+    - pandas
+    - scipy
+    - numpy >=1.10
+    - matplotlib
+    - bokeh >=0.1.5
+    - biom-format
+    - seaborn
+    - h5py
+    - statsmodels >=0.8.0
+  run:
+    - setuptools
+    - python 3.5*
+    - scikit-bio >=0.5.1
+    - pandas
+    - scipy
+    - numpy >=1.10
+    - matplotlib
+    - bokeh >=0.1.5
+    - biom-format
+    - seaborn
+    - h5py
+
+test:
+  # Python imports
+  imports:
+    - gneiss
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/biocore/gneiss
+  license: BSD 3-Clause
+  summary: Compositional Analysis and Visualization toolkit
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