diff --git a/conda/build.sh b/conda/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+NPROC=`nproc`
+
+git checkout tags/v0.87.5
+
+mkdir build
+
+cd build
+
+cmake \
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${PREFIX}" \
+-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${PREFIX}/bin/g++" \
+-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${PREFIX}/bin/gcc" \
+-DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER="${PREFIX}/bin/gfortran" \
+-DEL_USE_64BIT_INTS=ON \
+-DEL_HAVE_QUADMATH=ON \
+-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+-DEL_HYBRID=OFF \
+-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+-DMATH_LIBS="-L${PREFIX}/lib -lopenblas -lm" \
+-DINSTALL_PYTHON_PACKAGE=ON \
+-DEL_DISABLE_VALGRIND=ON \
+-DEL_DISABLE_PARMETIS=ON \
+.. 
+
+
+make -j $NPROC
+
+make install
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
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+package:
+  name: libelemental
+  version: "0.87.5"
+
+source:
+  git_url: https://github.com/elemental/Elemental.git
+
+build:
+  rpaths:
+    - lib/
+    - lib64/
+
+extra:
+  channels:
+    - defaults
+    - conda-forge
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - gcc >=4.8.5
+    - python >=2.7,<3
+    - openblas
+    - mpich2
+    - mpc
+    - git
+    - cmake >=2.8
+  
+  run:
+    - libgcc	
+    - python >=2.7,<3
+    - openblas
+    - mpich2
+    - mpc
+    - numpy
+    - matplotlib
+    - networkx
+
+about:
+  home: http://libelemental.org
+  license: New BSD license
+  summary: 'C++ library for distributed memory linear algebra and optimization'