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+require 'formula'
+
+class Silk <Formula
+  url 'http://tools.netsa.cert.org/releases/silk-2.3.1.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://tools.netsa.cert.org/silk/'
+  md5 'f49ca6da333e5d579347af858e6a1b83'
+
+  depends_on 'glib'
+  depends_on 'libfixbuf'
+  depends_on 'yaf'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure",
+        "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+        "--prefix=#{prefix}",
+        "--mandir=#{man}",
+        "--enable-ipv6",
+        "--enable-data-rootdir=#{var}/silk"
+    system "make"
+    system "make install"
+
+    (var+"silk").mkpath
+  end
+end