diff --git a/recipes/pourRNA/build.sh b/recipes/pourRNA/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+./configure --prefix="${PREFIX}"
+make
+make install
+make check
diff --git a/recipes/pourRNA/meta.yaml b/recipes/pourRNA/meta.yaml
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+{% set name = "pourrna" %}
+{% set version = "1.0.1" %}
+{% set sha256 = "62635d3777403865a2801c78e42569abb232bc6a79abe34419ad4bf3c0701b0e" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://github.com/ViennaRNA/pourRNA/releases/download/v{{ version }}/pourRNA-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: {{ sha256 }}
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+  host:
+    - gengetopt
+    - viennarna >=2.4.11,<3.0.0
+  run:
+    - viennarna >=2.4.11,<3.0.0
+test:
+  commands:
+    - pourRNA --version
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/ViennaRNA/pourRNA/
+  license: GPLv2
+  license_file: COPYING
+  summary: "Compute local minima and respective transition rates of an RNA energy landscape."
+