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+require 'formula'
+
+class Blast <Formula
+  url 'ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/2.2.24/ncbi-blast-2.2.24+-src.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi'
+  md5 '8877bf01a7370ffa01b5978b8460a4d9'
+  version '2.2.24'
+
+  def install
+    Dir.chdir 'c++' do
+      system "./configure --prefix=#{prefix}"
+      system "make"
+      system "make install"
+    end
+  end
+end