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+How?
+    conda build ./mdanalysis --py=2.7
+
+    # above command will automatically build griddataformats too.
+    #conda build ./griddataformats --py=2.7
diff --git a/package/devtools/conda-recipe/griddataformats/build.sh b/package/devtools/conda-recipe/griddataformats/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install
+
+# Add more build steps here, if they are necessary.
+
+# See
+# http://docs.continuum.io/conda/build.html
+# for a list of environment variables that are set during the build process.
diff --git a/package/devtools/conda-recipe/griddataformats/meta.yaml b/package/devtools/conda-recipe/griddataformats/meta.yaml
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+package:
+  name: griddataformats
+  version: "0.3.0"
+
+source:
+  git_url: https://github.com/MDAnalysis/GridDataFormats
+  git_tag: release-0.3.0
+
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - python
+    - setuptools
+    - six
+    - numpy
+    - scipy
+
+  run:
+    - python
+    - six
+    - numpy
+    - scipy
+
+test:
+  # Python imports
+  imports:
+    - gridData
+
+  # requires:
+    # Put any additional test requirements here.  For example
+    # - nose
+
+about:
+  home: http://mdanalysis.org/GridDataFormats
+  license: GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+  summary: 'GridDataFormats provides the Python package gridData'
+
+# See
+# http://docs.continuum.io/conda/build.html for
+# more information about meta.yaml
diff --git a/package/devtools/conda-recipe/mdanalysis/build.sh b/package/devtools/conda-recipe/mdanalysis/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd package
+$PYTHON setup.py install
+
+# Add more build steps here, if they are necessary.
+
+# See
+# http://docs.continuum.io/conda/build.html
+# for a list of environment variables that are set during the build process.
diff --git a/package/devtools/conda-recipe/mdanalysis/meta.yaml b/package/devtools/conda-recipe/mdanalysis/meta.yaml
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+package:
+  name: mdanalysis
+  version: "0.13.0dev0"
+
+source:
+  git_url: https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis
+  git_tag: develop
+
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - python
+    - setuptools
+    - numpy
+    - griddataformats
+    - networkx
+    - biopython
+    - cython
+
+  run:
+    - python
+    - numpy
+    - scipy
+    - griddataformats
+    - networkx
+    - biopython
+
+test:
+  # Python imports
+  # turn off test for now since MDAnalysis require GridDataFormats package
+  # we can make a conda recipe for it too
+  imports:
+    - MDAnalysis
+
+  # requires:
+    # Put any additional test requirements here.  For example
+    # - nose
+
+about:
+  home: http://www.mdanalysis.org
+  license: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+  summary: 'MDAnalysis is a Python library to analyze molecular dynamics trajectories.'
+
+# See
+# http://docs.continuum.io/conda/build.html for
+# more information about meta.yaml