diff --git a/extra/giflib/build b/extra/giflib/build
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+++ b/extra/giflib/build
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" PREFIX=/usr install
diff --git a/extra/giflib/checksums b/extra/giflib/checksums
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+++ b/extra/giflib/checksums
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+31da5562f44c5f15d63340a09a4fd62b48c45620cd302f77a6d9acf0077879bd  giflib-5.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/giflib/sources b/extra/giflib/sources
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+++ b/extra/giflib/sources
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+https://downloads.sourceforge.net/giflib/giflib-5.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/giflib/version b/extra/giflib/version
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+++ b/extra/giflib/version
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+5.2.1 1