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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2017, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/spack/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Cistem(AutotoolsPackage):
+    """cisTEM is user-friendly software to process cryo-EM images of
+       macromolecular complexes and obtain high-resolution 3D reconstructions
+       from them."""
+
+    homepage = "https://cistem.org/"
+    url      = "https://cistem.org/system/tdf/upload3/cistem-1.0.0-beta-source-code.tar.gz?file=1&type=cistem_details&id=37&force=0"
+
+    version('1.0.0', '479f395b30ad630df3cbba9c56eb29c2')
+
+    depends_on('wx@3.0.2')
+    depends_on('fftw')