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+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  boost,
+  cmake,
+  db,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "benzene";
+  version = "0-unstable-2022-12-18";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cgao3";
+    repo = "benzene-vanilla-cmake";
+    rev = "95614769bafc9850a3cc54974660bb1795db6086";
+    hash = "sha256-3DX/OVjKXyeOmO6P6iz1FTkNQ0n7vUFkKQ5Ac+7t3l4=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    db
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail '-DABS_TOP_SRCDIR="''${top_srcdir}"' '-DABS_TOP_SRCDIR="$ENV{out}"' \
+      --replace-fail '-DDATADIR="''${pkgdatadir}"' '-DDATADIR="$ENV{out}/share"'
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp src/mohex/mohex $out/bin/mohex
+    cp src/wolve/wolve $out/bin/wolve
+    cp -r ../share $out/share/
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Software for playing and solving the game of Hex";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cgao3/benzene-vanilla-cmake";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eilvelia ];
+  };
+}