diff --git a/projects/htslib.org/package.yml b/projects/htslib.org/package.yml
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+distributable:
+  url: https://github.com/samtools/htslib/releases/download/{{version.raw}}/htslib-{{version.raw}}.tar.bz2
+  strip-components: 1
+
+versions:
+  github: samtools/htslib
+
+dependencies:
+  sourceware.org/bzip2: '*'
+  tukaani.org/xz: '*'
+  zlib.net: ^1
+  curl.se: '>=5'
+
+build:
+  dependencies:
+    tea.xyz/gx/cc: '*'
+    gnu.org/make: '*'
+    gnu.org/autoconf: '*'
+    gnu.org/automake: ^1
+  script:
+    - autoreconf -i
+    - ./configure $ARGS
+    - make --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }} install
+  env:
+    ARGS:
+      - --prefix="{{prefix}}"
+
+provides:
+  - bin/bgzip
+  - bin/htsfile
+  - bin/tabix
+
+test: |
+  htsfile test.sam
+  bgzip -c test.sam > sam.gz
+  tabix -p sam sam.gz
diff --git a/projects/htslib.org/test.sam b/projects/htslib.org/test.sam
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+@SQ	SN:chr1	LN:500
+r1	0	chr1	100	0	4M	*	0	0	ATGC	ABCD
+r2	0	chr1	200	0	4M	*	0	0	AATT	EFGH
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