diff --git a/Formula/gnome-common.rb b/Formula/gnome-common.rb
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+++ b/Formula/gnome-common.rb
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+require 'formula'
+
+class GnomeCommon <Formula
+  url 'http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-common/2.28/gnome-common-2.28.0.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-common/'
+  md5 'c85414eb4538961973f9f68fcdb96c58'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make install"
+  end
+end