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+##
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2014-2015 The Cyprus Institute
+# Authors:: Thekla Loizou <t.loizou@cyi.ac.cy>
+# License:: MIT/GPL
+#
+##
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'PROJ'
+version = '4.9.3'
+
+homepage = 'http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/'
+description = """Program proj is a standard Unix filter function which converts 
+geographic longitude and latitude coordinates into cartesian coordinates"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017b'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'usempi': True}
+
+source_urls = ['http://download.osgeo.org/proj/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['6984542fea333488de5c82eea58d699e4aff4b359200a9971537cd7e047185f7']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/cs2cs', 'bin/geod', 'bin/invgeod', 'bin/invproj',
+              'bin/nad2bin', 'bin/proj'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'