diff --git a/recipes/fonts-dejavu b/recipes/fonts-dejavu
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index 00000000..dae734e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/fonts-dejavu
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+name=fonts-dejavu
+from_source=fonts-dejavu
+revision=1
+
+build() {
+	true
+}
+
+package() {
+	install -v -d -m755 ${dest_dir}/${prefix}/share/fonts/dejavu
+	install -v -m644 ${source_dir}/ttf/*.ttf ${dest_dir}/${prefix}/share/fonts/dejavu
+}
diff --git a/source-recipes/fonts-dejavu b/source-recipes/fonts-dejavu
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+++ b/source-recipes/fonts-dejavu
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+name=fonts-dejavu
+version=2.37
+source_method=tarball
+tarball_url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dejavu/files/dejavu/${version}/dejavu-fonts-ttf-${version}.tar.bz2"
+tarball_sha512="bafa39321021097432777f0825d700190c23f917d754a4504722cd8946716c22c083836294dab7f3ae7cf20af63c4d0944f3423bf4aa25dbca562d1f30e00654"