diff --git a/eric4/PKGBUILD b/eric4/PKGBUILD
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+# $Id: PKGBUILD 120737 2014-10-15 18:55:49Z arcanis $
+# Maintainer: Evgeniy Alekseev <arcanis at archlinux dot org>
+# Contributor: Ray Rashif <schiv at archlinux dot org>
+# Contributor: Daniel J Griffiths <ghost1227 at archlinux dot us>
+# See .contrib for older/other contributors
+
+pkgname=eric4
+pkgver=4.5.25
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A full-featured Python 2.x and Ruby IDE in PyQt4"
+arch=('any')
+url="http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/"
+license=('GPL3')
+depends=('eric-common' 'python2-qscintilla')
+install=${pkgname}.install
+source=("http://downloads.sourceforge.net/eric-ide/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+        "${pkgname}.desktop")
+md5sums=('f68cdadacfa10298c89300e0c4036324'
+         'bce515b66a2c63dfc76a0f92edbe2ecb')
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  python2 install.py -c -b /usr/bin -i "$pkgdir"
+  # remove common components
+  find "${pkgdir}/usr/share/qt4/qsci/api/" -type f -not -name 'eric*' -exec rm {} \;
+
+  # freedesktop.org compatibility
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.desktop" \
+                 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname}.desktop"
+  install -Dm644 eric/icons/default/eric.png \
+                 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/eric4/eric4.desktop b/eric4/eric4.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Exec=eric4
+MimeType=application/x-eric4;
+Icon=eric4
+Terminal=false
+Name=Eric 4
+Comment=Python 2.x & Ruby IDE
+Categories=Qt;Python;Development;IDE;
+StartupNotify=true
diff --git a/eric4/eric4.install b/eric4/eric4.install
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+post_install() {
+    update-desktop-database -q
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+    post_install
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: