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+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, pythonPackages, pygtk, pygobject, python }:
+
+#
+# TODO: Declare configuration options for the following optional dependencies:
+#  -  File stores: hg, git, bzr
+#  -  Included plugins depenencies: dot, ditaa, dia, any other?
+#  -  pyxdg: Need to make it work first (see setupPyInstallFlags).
+#
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "zim-${version}";
+  version = "0.60";
+  namePrefix = "";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://zim-wiki.org/downloads/zim-0.61.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0jncxkf83bwra3022jbvjfwhk5w8az0jlwr8nsvm7wa1zfrajhsq";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.sqlite3 pygtk /*pythonPackages.pyxdg*/ pygobject ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir -p /tmp/home
+    export HOME="/tmp/home"
+  '';
+  
+  setupPyInstallFlags = ["--skip-xdg-cmd"];
+  
+  #
+  # Exactly identical to buildPythonPackage's version but for the
+  # `--old-and-unmanagable`, which I removed. This was removed because
+  # this is a setuptools specific flag and as zim is overriding 
+  # the install step, setuptools could not perform its monkey
+  # patching trick for the command. Alternate solutions were to
+  #
+  #  -  Remove the custom install step (tested as working but
+  #	also remove the possibility of performing the xdg-cmd
+  #     stuff).
+  #  -  Explicitly replace distutils import(s) by their setuptools
+  #	equivalent (untested). 
+  #
+  # Both solutions were judged unsatisfactory as altering the code
+  # would be required.
+  #
+  # Note that a improved solution would be to expose the use of 
+  # the `--old-and-unmanagable` flag as an option of passed to the
+  # buildPythonPackage function.
+  #
+  # Also note that I stripped all comments.
+  #
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
+
+    export PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
+
+    ${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py install \
+      --install-lib=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages \
+      --prefix="$out" ${lib.concatStringsSep " " setupPyInstallFlags}
+
+    eapth="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+    if [ -e "$eapth" ]; then
+	# move colliding easy_install.pth to specifically named one
+	mv "$eapth" $(dirname "$eapth")/${name}.pth
+    fi
+
+    rm -f "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/site.py*
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  # FIXME: this is quick and dirty hack, because zim expects the
+  # path to the executable in argv[0] therefore the wrapper is
+  # modified accordingly.
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+
+    sed -i "s#sys\.argv\[0\] = 'zim'#sys.argv[0] = '$out/bin/zim'#g" \
+      $out/bin/.zim-wrapped
+
+    if test -e $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs; then
+        ln -s $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
+    fi
+
+    createBuildInputsPth build-inputs "$buildInputStrings"
+    for inputsfile in propagated-build-inputs propagated-native-build-inputs; do
+      if test -e $out/nix-support/$inputsfile; then
+          createBuildInputsPth $inputsfile "$(cat $out/nix-support/$inputsfile)"
+      fi
+    done
+  '';
+  
+  # Testing fails.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "A desktop wiki";
+      homepage = http://zim-wiki.org;
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
+