diff --git a/recipes/rust-gtars/build.sh b/recipes/rust-gtars/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash 
+
+set -xeuo
+
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+    export HOME=`pwd`
+fi
+
+# build statically linked binary with Rust
+RUST_BACKTRACE=1 
+cargo install --no-track --verbose --root "${PREFIX}" --path ./gtars 
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diff --git a/recipes/rust-gtars/meta.yaml b/recipes/rust-gtars/meta.yaml
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+{% set version = "0.2.0" %}
+{% set name = "rust-gtars" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://github.com/databio/gtars/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 21e3586bd7214e2e515c0b7455e36f1f4ff59e8b4ff07182dfb535a1c509ecf7
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  run_exports:
+    - {{ pin_subpackage(name, max_pin="x.x") }}
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - {{ compiler('rust') }}
+    - cargo-bundle-licenses
+    # - {{ compiler('c') }} add these C/C++ compilers if needed
+    # - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - gtars --version
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/databio/gtars
+  doc_url: "https://docs.rs/crate/gtars/{{ version }}"
+  license: BSD-2-Clause # please use https://spdx.org identifiers
+  license_file:
+    - LICENSE         # the license file for your package
+  summary: Performance-critical tools to manipulate, analyze, and process genomic interval data.
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - donaldcampbelljr  # your GitHub username
+    - nleroy917
+    - khoroshevskyi
+  additional-platforms:
+    - osx-arm64
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