diff --git a/python-rpy2/PKGBUILD b/python-rpy2/PKGBUILD
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-# $Id$
-# Maintainer: Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
-# Contributor: Oliver Sherouse <oliver DOT sherouse AT gmail DOT com>
-# Contributor: David Scholl <djscholl@gmail.com> 
-# Contributor: David Pretty <david.pretty@gmail.com> 
-
-pkgbase=python-rpy2
-pkgname=('python2-rpy2' 'python3-rpy2')
-pkgver=2.5.6
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="A very simple, yet robust, Python interface to the R Programming Language."
-arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
-url="http://rpy.sourceforge.net/"
-license=('MPL' 'GPL' 'LGPL')
-makedepends=('python3-setuptools' 'python2-setuptools' 'python3-numpy' 'python2-numpy' 'r')
-source=("http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/rpy2/rpy2-$pkgver.tar.gz")
-md5sums=('a36e758b633ce6aec6a5f450bfee980f')
-
-prepare() {
-  cd rpy2-$pkgver
-  sed -i "s:Rlapack:lapack:" setup.py
-  sed -i "s:os.path.join(RHOME.strip(), 'include'):'/usr/include/R':" setup.py
-  sed -i "s:os.path.join(RHOME.strip(), 'include'):'/usr/include/R':" setup.py
-}
-
-package_python2-rpy2() {
-  depends=('python2-numpy' 'r' 'python2-singledispatch')
-  cd rpy2-$pkgver
-
-  python2 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=1
-  sed -e 's|#!/usr/bin/env python|#!/usr/bin/env python2|' -i "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rpy2/tests.py
-}
-
-package_python3-rpy2() {
-  depends=('python3-numpy' 'r')
-  cd rpy2-$pkgver
-  
-  python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=1
-}
-
diff --git a/r/PKGBUILD b/r/PKGBUILD
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-# Maintainer: Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
-
-pkgname=r
-pkgver=3.1.2
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="Language and environment for statistical computing and graphics"
-arch=('x86_64')
-license=('GPL')
-url=('http://www.r-project.org/')
-depends=('atlas-lapack' 'bzip2'  'libpng' 'libjpeg' 'libtiff'
-         'ncurses' 'pcre' 'readline' 'zlib' 'perl' 'gcc-libs'
-         'libxt' 'libxmu' 'pango' 'xz' 'desktop-file-utils')
-makedepends=('openjdk' 'tk' 'gcc-fortran')
-backup=('etc/R/Makeconf' 'etc/R/Renviron' 'etc/R/ldpaths' 'etc/R/repositories' 'etc/R/javaconf')
-options=('!makeflags' '!emptydirs')
-source=("http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-${pkgver%%.*}/R-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
-	'r.desktop'
-	'r.png'
-	'R.conf')
-sha1sums=('93809368e5735a630611633ac1fa99010020c5d6'
-          '13aa29219bcaa102e575de8c1c8e0833d233e836'
-          'a69a07ec363440efc18ce0a7f2af103375dea978'
-          '43668da6cfd1b4455a99f23e79e2059294dddac9')
-
-prepare() {
-   cd R-${pkgver}
-
-# set texmf dir correctly in makefile
-   sed -i 's|$(rsharedir)/texmf|${datarootdir}/texmf|' share/Makefile.in
-# fix for texinfo 5.X
-#   sed -i 's|test ${makeinfo_version_min} -lt 7|test ${makeinfo_version_min} -lt 0|' configure
-}
-
-build() {
-   cd R-${pkgver}
-
-   ./configure  --prefix=/usr \
-		--libdir=/usr/lib \
-		--sysconfdir=/etc/R \
-		--datarootdir=/usr/share \
-		  rsharedir=/usr/share/R/ \
-		  rincludedir=/usr/include/R/ \
-		  rdocdir=/usr/share/doc/R/ \
-                --with-x \
-		--enable-R-shlib \
-                --with-lapack \
-		--with-blas \
-                F77=gfortran \
-		LIBnn=lib
-   make
-
-# make libRmath.so
-   cd src/nmath/standalone
-   make shared
-}
-
-package() {
-   cd R-${pkgver}
-   make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
-
-   cd src/nmath/standalone
-   make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
-
-   #  Fixup R wrapper scripts.
-   sed -i "s|${pkgdir} ||" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/R"
-   rm "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/R/bin/R"
-   cd "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/R/bin"
-   ln -s ../../../bin/R
-
-  # install some freedesktop.org compatibility
-  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/r.desktop" \
-	"${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/r.desktop"
-  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/r.png" \
-	"${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/r.png"
-
-  # move the config directory to /etc and create symlinks
-  install -d "${pkgdir}/etc/R"
-  cd "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/R/etc"
-  for i in *; do
-    mv -f ${i} "${pkgdir}/etc/R"
-    ln -s /etc/R/${i} ${i}
-  done
-
-  # Install ld.so.conf.d file to ensure other applications access the shared lib
-  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/R.conf" "${pkgdir}/etc/ld.so.conf.d/R.conf"
-}
diff --git a/r/R.conf b/r/R.conf
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-/usr/lib/R/lib
-
diff --git a/r/r.desktop b/r/r.desktop
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-[Desktop Entry]
-Name=R
-GenericName=environment for statistical computing
-Comment=language and environment for statistical computing and graphics
-Exec=R
-Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/r.png
-DocPath=/usr/lib/R/doc/html/index.html
-StartupNotify=true
-Terminal=true
-Type=Application
-Categories=Education;Science;Math;
diff --git a/r/r.install b/r/r.install
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-post_install() {
-  update-desktop-database -q
-  if [[ -x /usr/bin/mktexlsr ]]; then
-     echo ">>> updating the filename database for texlive..."
-     mktexlsr --quiet usr/share/texmf
-  fi
-}
-
-post_upgrade() {
-  post_install
-}
-
-post_remove() {
-  post_install
-}
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