diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/fricas/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/fricas/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, sbcl, libX11, libXpm, libICE, libSM, libXt, libXau, libXdmcp }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "fricas-1.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/fricas/files/fricas/1.2.2/${name}-full.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "87db64a1fd4211f3b776793acea931b4271d2e7a28396414c7d7397d833defe1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ sbcl libX11 libXpm libICE libSM libXt libXau libXdmcp ];
+
+  dontStrip = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Fricas CAS";
+    homepage    = http://fricas.sourceforge.net/;
+    maintainers = stdenv.lib.maintainers.sprock;
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license     = stdenv.lib.license.bsd3;
+  };
+}