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+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyPyfits(PythonPackage):
+    """The PyFITS module is a Python library providing access to
+    FITS(Flexible Image Transport System) files."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/spacetelescope/pyfits"
+    url      = "https://github.com/spacetelescope/PyFITS/archive/3.5.tar.gz"
+
+    version('3.5', sha256='fd32596ee09170a70ddc87d0dfc5503d860ef6b68abcff486d7aa6993dff6162')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build', 'run'))