diff --git a/academic/staden/README b/academic/staden/README
index 1dcc9f0dca..09f23ced67 100644
--- a/academic/staden/README
+++ b/academic/staden/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-The programs part of the Staden package provide a fully developed set
-of DNA sequence assembly, editing, analysis and more.
+The programs part of the Staden package provide an excellent and fully
+developed set of DNA sequence assembly, editing, analysis and more.
 
 Some of its features include:
 GAP4 - Performs assembly, contig joining, assembly checking, repeat
diff --git a/academic/staden/staden.SlackBuild b/academic/staden/staden.SlackBuild
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 707e9007de..17f236fdb6
--- a/academic/staden/staden.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/staden/staden.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=staden		
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2.0.0b9}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}	
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-SLKTCL=tcl8.5.9		# Slackware 13.37 sources for TCL
-SLKTK=tk8.5.9		# Slackware 13.37 sources for TK
+SLKTCL=tcl8.5.11	# Slackware 14.0 sources for TCL
+SLKTK=tk8.5.11		# Slackware 14.0 sources for TK
 TKLIB=tklib0.5		# Folder name of TKLIB
 
 CWD=$(pwd)
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ find $PRGNAM-$VERSION-src  ${PRGNAM}_doc-$VERSION-src \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION-src
+
 # On Slackware64, the components of staden (like GAP4, GAP5, PREGAP4,
 # SPIN, TREV) will not run, as they still expect their libraries to be
 # in /usr/lib not /usr/lib64. Let's correct the libraries path.
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ sed -i "73 a EMBOSS_DATA=/usr/share/EMBOSS/data; export EMBOSS_DATA" spin/spin
 # Correct the path where staden components look for their manual.
 sed -i "s:/share/doc/staden/manual:/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/manual:" tk_utils/help_config
 
+# These fixes are from Arch linux AUR
+# http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/st/staden/PKGBUILD
+sed -i 's:-DSVN_VERSION=$(SVNVERS)::' system.mk.in
+sed -i "s/gzFile\ \*gz/gzFile\ gz/" gap5/zfio.h
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
diff --git a/academic/staden/staden.info b/academic/staden/staden.info
index 8c80e9c884..b4475719a9 100644
--- a/academic/staden/staden.info
+++ b/academic/staden/staden.info
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ VERSION="2.0.0b9"
 HOMEPAGE="http://staden.sourceforge.net/"
 DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/staden/files/staden/2.0.0b9/staden-2.0.0b9-src.tar.gz \
           http://sourceforge.net/projects/staden/files/staden/2.0.0b9/staden_doc-2.0.0b9-src.tar.gz \
-          http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-13.37/source/tcl/tcl/tcl8.5.9-src.tar.xz \
-          http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-13.37/source/tcl/tk/tk8.5.9-src.tar.xz"
+          http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.0/source/tcl/tcl/tcl8.5.11-src.tar.xz \
+          http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.0/source/tcl/tk/tk8.5.11-src.tar.xz"
 MD5SUM="94dc304b00d18b95f783136c9ffd934f \
         730b433d8344624925b662ec37ac0804 \
-        c1e4eea4afdd9a8f8888d5b7c481122d \
-        78b59df55904095af40d64a0cd08c50d"
+        304a8ecc61d5db9e41f3653161997712 \
+        fd5a5fabaf946568b4bb8d5213b7a92c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="io_lib tklib"