diff --git a/libraries/xalan/README b/libraries/xalan/README
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+xalan (apache-ant XML and XSLT libraries)
+
+Apache Xalan Project is a collaborative software development project 
+dedicated to providing robust, full-featured, commercial-quality,
+and freely available XSLT support on a wide variety of platforms.
diff --git a/libraries/xalan/slack-desc b/libraries/xalan/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+     |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+xalan: xalan ( apache-ant XML and XSLT libraries)
+xalan:
+xalan: Apache Xalan Project is a collaborative software development project 
+xalan: dedicated to providing robust, full-featured, commercial-quality,
+xalan: and freely available XSLT support on a wide variety of platforms.
+xalan:
+xalan: Homepage http://xalan.apache.org/
+xalan:
+xalan:
+xalan:
+xalan:
diff --git a/libraries/xalan/xalan.SlackBuild b/libraries/xalan/xalan.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for xalan
+# Written by Vincent Batts, vbatts@hashbangbash.com
+
+PRGNAM=xalan
+VERSION=2.7.1
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+DVER=j_$(echo $VERSION | tr . _)
+ANTHOME=/usr/share/ant
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf ${PRGNAM}-${DVER}
+tar xvf $CWD/${PRGNAM}-${DVER}-bin-2jars.tar.gz
+cd ${PRGNAM}-${DVER}
+chown -R root:root .
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/$ANTHOME/lib/ $PKG/usr/share/java
+cp $PRGNAM.jar serializer.jar xsltc.jar $PKG/$ANTHOME/lib/
+cd $PKG/usr/share/java
+  ln -s ../../../$ANTHOME/lib/$PRGNAM.jar
+  ln -s ../../../$ANTHOME/lib/serializer.jar
+  ln -s ../../../$ANTHOME/lib/xstlc.jar
+cd -
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+zip -9 -r $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/docs.zip docs/
+cp -a samples/ readme.html LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
diff --git a/libraries/xalan/xalan.info b/libraries/xalan/xalan.info
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+PRGNAM="xalan"
+VERSION="2.7.1"
+HOMEPAGE="http://xalan.apache.org/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://apache.cs.utah.edu/xml/xalan-j/xalan-j_2_7_1-bin-2jars.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="3ccda39bcd08b780436dfd2f22fb23d5"
+MAINTAINER="Vincent Batts"
+EMAIL="vbatts@hashbangbash.com"
+APPROVED="rworkman"