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+# Note that this script can be used independently, without requiring a checkout of the whole Yggdrasil repository
+using BinaryBuilder, Pkg
+
+name = "xlsxio"
+version = v"0.2.36"
+
+# Collection of sources required to complete build
+sources = [
+    GitSource("https://github.com/brechtsanders/xlsxio.git", "a9016eb2eb46dcd613a68fcfcd1002b5adf64ae9")
+]
+
+# Bash recipe for building across all platforms
+script = raw"""
+cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir/xlsxio*/
+cmake -B build \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${prefix} \
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN} \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DBUILD_SHARED:BOOL=ON \
+    -DBUILD_STATIC:BOOL=OFF \
+    -DBUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=ON \
+    -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF \
+    -DWITH_LIBZIP:BOOL=ON \
+    -DEXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR=${includedir} \
+    -DEXPAT_LIBRARY=${libdir}
+make -j${nproc}
+make install
+"""
+
+# These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
+# platforms are passed in on the command line
+platforms = supported_platforms()
+
+platforms = expand_cxxstring_abis(platforms)
+
+# The products that we will ensure are always built
+products = [
+    LibraryProduct("libxlsxio_read", :libxlsxio_read),
+    LibraryProduct("libxlsxio_write", :libxlsxio_write),
+    ExecutableProduct("xlsxio_xlsx2csv", :xlsxio_xlsx2csv),
+    ExecutableProduct("xlsxio_csv2xlsx", :xlsxio_csv2xlsx),
+]
+
+# Dependencies that must be installed before this package can be built
+dependencies = [
+    Dependency("Expat_jll"; compat="~2.5"),
+    Dependency("Zlib_jll"),
+]
+
+# Build the tarballs, and possibly a `build.jl` as well.
+build_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, platforms, products, dependencies; julia_compat="1.6")
+