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+SUMMARY = "Ark is KDE's file archiver"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv3"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
+    file://COPYING;md5=5c213a7de3f013310bd272cdb6eb7a24 \
+    file://COPYING.icons;md5=6e01bfa20e899e8ad569d5488923cbd2 \
+"
+
+inherit kde-apps gtk-icon-cache
+
+DEPENDS += "\
+    libarchive \
+    karchive \
+    kconfig \
+    kcrash \
+    kdbusaddons \
+    kdoctools \
+    ki18n \
+    kiconthemes \
+    khtml \
+    kio \
+    kservice \
+    kpty \
+    kwidgetsaddons \
+" 
+
+PV = "${KDE_APP_VERSION}"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "b868106c24b5cecb98a18d09d7039943"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1496e70b0295054cfca217f6a80737c693be952bfa3873954fdb10d7708ab852"
+
+
+FILES_${PN} += " \
+    ${datadir}/appdata \
+    ${datadir}/config.kcfg \
+    ${datadir}/icons \
+    ${datadir}/k*5 \
+    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS} \
+"
+
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += " \
+    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS}/.debug \
+    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS}/kf5/kio_dnd/.debug \
+"