diff --git a/recipes/r-coenocliner/build.sh b/recipes/r-coenocliner/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [[ $target_platform =~ linux.* ]] || [[ $target_platform == win-32 ]] || [[ $target_platform == win-64 ]] || [[ $target_platform == osx-64 ]]; then
+  export DISABLE_AUTOBREW=1
+  $R CMD INSTALL --build .
+else
+  mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib/R/library/coenocliner
+  mv * $PREFIX/lib/R/library/coenocliner
+fi
diff --git a/recipes/r-coenocliner/meta.yaml b/recipes/r-coenocliner/meta.yaml
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+{% set version = '0.2-2' %}
+{% set posix = '' %}
+{% set native = '' %}
+
+package:
+  name: r-coenocliner
+  version: {{ version|replace("-", "_") }}
+
+source:
+  url: {{ cran_mirror }}/src/contrib/coenocliner_{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: ae558be071d6362e48e942658bff35c21c80ac5c4af12b6b67a189ad46069064
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  rpaths:
+    - lib/R/lib/
+    - lib/
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+  host:
+    - r-base
+  run:
+    - r-base
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - $R -e "library('coenocliner')"
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/gavinsimpson/coenocliner/
+  license: GPL-2
+  summary: Simulate species occurrence and abundances (counts) along gradients.
+  license_family: GPL2
+  license_file: '{{ environ["PREFIX"] }}/lib/R/share/licenses/GPL-2'
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - nick-youngblut