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+##
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2012-2013 Cyprus Institute / CaSToRC, University of Luxembourg / LCSB
+# Authors::   George Tsouloupas <g.tsouloupas@cyi.ac.cy>, Fotis Georgatos <fotis.georgatos@uni.lu>,
+#             Kenneth Hoste (UGent)
+# License::   MIT/GPL
+# $Id$
+#
+# This work implements a part of the HPCBIOS project and is a component of the policy:
+# http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/HPCBIOS_2012-94.html
+# Modified by: Adam Huffman, Jonas Demeulemeester
+# The Francis Crick Institute
+# Modified for version 4.0.5.1 by: Ruben van Dijk, University of Groningen
+##
+
+easyblock = 'Tarball'
+
+name = 'GATK'
+version = '4.0.8.1'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.broadinstitute.org/gatk/'
+description = """The Genome Analysis Toolkit or GATK is a software package developed at the Broad Institute
+ to analyse next-generation resequencing data. The toolkit offers a wide variety of tools,
+ with a primary focus on variant discovery and genotyping as well as strong emphasis on
+ data quality assurance. Its robust architecture, powerful processing engine and
+ high-performance computing features make it capable of taking on projects of any size."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2018b'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/broadinstitute/gatk/releases/download/%(version)s/']
+sources = ['gatk-%(version)s.zip']
+checksums = ['e4bb082d8c8826d4f8bc8c2f83811d0e81e5088b99099d3396d284f82fbf28c9']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.15'),
+    ('Java', '1.8.0_181', '', True),
+]
+
+modextrapaths = {'PATH': ''}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['gatk'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+sanity_check_commands = ["gatk --help"]
+
+moduleclass = 'bio'