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+{
+  atk,
+  autoPatchelfHook,
+  cairo,
+  copyDesktopItems,
+  freetype,
+  fontconfig,
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  gtk2,
+  glib,
+  gdk-pixbuf,
+  makeWrapper,
+  makeDesktopItem,
+  pango,
+  unzip,
+  xorg,
+  zlib,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  pname = "mricron";
+  version = "1.0.20190902";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/neurolabusc/MRIcron/releases/download/v${version}/MRIcron_linux.zip";
+    hash = "sha256-C155u9dvYEyWRfTv3KNQFI6aMWIAjgvdSIqMuYVIOQA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoPatchelfHook
+    copyDesktopItems
+    makeWrapper
+    unzip
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    atk
+    cairo
+    freetype
+    fontconfig
+    gtk2
+    glib
+    gdk-pixbuf
+    pango
+    xorg.libX11
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+
+    install -Dm777 ./MRIcron $out/bin/mricron
+    install -Dm444 -t $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ ./Resources/mricron.svg
+  '';
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      type = "Application";
+      name = "mricron";
+      desktopName = "MRIcron";
+      comment = "Application to display NIfTI medical imaging data";
+      exec = "mricron %U";
+      icon = "mricron";
+      categories = [
+        "Graphics"
+        "MedicalSoftware"
+        "Science"
+      ];
+      terminal = false;
+      keywords = [
+        "medical"
+        "imaging"
+        "nifti"
+      ];
+    })
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Application to display NIfTI medical imaging data";
+    homepage = "https://people.cas.sc.edu/rorden/mricron/index.HTML";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd1;
+    sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ adriangl ];
+    mainProgram = "mricron";
+  };
+}