diff --git a/recipes/ncdu/recipe.sh b/recipes/ncdu/recipe.sh
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+VERSION=1.13
+TAR=https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-$VERSION.tar.gz
+BUILD_DEPENDS=(ncurses)
+DEPENDS=(terminfo)
+
+function recipe_version {
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    skip=1
+}
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    skip=1
+}
+function recipe_build {
+    sysroot="$PWD/../sysroot"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib"
+    export CPPFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include -I$sysroot/include/ncurses"
+    ./configure \
+        --build x86_64-pc-linux-gnu \
+        --host "$HOST"
+    make
+    skip=1
+}
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    skip=1
+}
+function recipe_stage {
+    dest="$(realpath "$1")"
+    echo "$dest"
+    make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+    skip=1
+}