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+require 'formula'
+
+class Htop <Formula
+  head 'git://github.com/AndyA/htop-osx.git', :branch => 'osx'
+  homepage 'http://htop.sourceforge.net/'
+
+  depends_on 'ncursesw'
+
+  def install
+    system "./autogen.sh"
+    system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}", "--disable-debug", "--disable-dependency-tracking"
+    system "make install"
+  end
+
+end