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+require 'formula'
+
+class Jansson <Formula
+  url 'http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases/jansson-1.3.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://www.digip.org/jansson/'
+  md5 '329fc6dbfc20f09b64a1c7392a8afb7f'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make install"
+  end
+end