diff --git a/recipes/r-nabor/bld.bat b/recipes/r-nabor/bld.bat
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+"%R%" CMD INSTALL --build .
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 exit 1
diff --git a/recipes/r-nabor/build.sh b/recipes/r-nabor/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit -o pipefail
+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/nabor
+  mv ./* "${PREFIX}"/lib/R/library/nabor
+  if [[ ${target_platform} == osx-64 ]]; then
+    pushd "${PREFIX}"
+      for libdir in lib/R/lib lib/R/modules lib/R/library lib/R/bin/exec sysroot/usr/lib; do
+        pushd "${libdir}" || exit 1
+          while IFS= read -r -d '' SHARED_LIB
+          do
+            echo "fixing SHARED_LIB ${SHARED_LIB}"
+            install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5.0-MRO/Resources/lib/libR.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/R/lib/libR.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libR.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/R/lib/libR.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/local/clang4/lib/libomp.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libomp.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/local/gfortran/lib/libgfortran.3.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libgfortran.3.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libquadmath.0.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libquadmath.0.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/local/gfortran/lib/libquadmath.0.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libquadmath.0.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libgfortran.3.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libgfortran.3.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib "${PREFIX}"/sysroot/usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib "${PREFIX}"/sysroot/usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib "${PREFIX}"/sysroot/usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libexpat.1.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libexpat.1.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libcurl.4.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libc++.1.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+            install_name_tool -change /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libc++.1.dylib "${PREFIX}"/lib/libc++.1.dylib "${SHARED_LIB}" || true
+          done <   <(find . \( -type f -iname "*.dylib" -or -iname "*.so" -or -iname "R" \) -print0)
+        popd
+      done
+    popd
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/recipes/r-nabor/meta.yaml b/recipes/r-nabor/meta.yaml
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+++ b/recipes/r-nabor/meta.yaml
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+{% set version = '0.5.0' %}
+{% set posix = 'm2-' if win else '' %}
+{% set native = 'm2w64-' if win else '' %}
+
+package:
+  name: r-nabor
+  version: {{ version|replace("-", "_") }}
+
+source:
+  url:
+    - {{ cran_mirror }}/src/contrib/nabor_{{ version }}.tar.gz
+    - {{ cran_mirror }}/src/contrib/Archive/nabor/nabor_{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 47938dcc987279281c13abfd667660bf1b3b76af116136a27eb066ee1a4b43da
+
+build:
+  merge_build_host: True  # [win]
+  number: 0
+  rpaths:
+    - lib/R/lib/
+    - lib/
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - {{ compiler('c') }}              # [not win]
+    - {{ compiler('m2w64_c') }}        # [win]
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}            # [not win]
+    - {{ compiler('m2w64_cxx') }}      # [win]
+    - {{ posix }}filesystem        # [win]
+    - {{ posix }}make
+    - {{ posix }}sed               # [win]
+    - {{ posix }}coreutils         # [win]
+    - {{ posix }}zip               # [win]
+  host:
+    - r-base
+    - r-bh >=1.54.0_4
+    - r-rcpp >=0.11.2
+    - r-rcppeigen >=0.3.2.2.0
+  run:
+    - r-base
+    - {{ native }}gcc-libs         # [win]
+    - r-rcpp >=0.11.2
+    - r-rcppeigen >=0.3.2.2.0
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - $R -e "library('nabor')"           # [not win]
+    - "\"%R%\" -e \"library('nabor')\""  # [win]
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/jefferis/nabor https://github.com/ethz-asl/libnabo
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  summary: An R wrapper for 'libnabo', an exact or approximate k nearest neighbour library which
+    is optimised for low dimensional spaces (e.g. 3D). 'libnabo' has speed and space
+    advantages over the 'ANN' library wrapped by package 'RANN'. 'nabor' includes a
+    knn function that is designed as a drop-in replacement for 'RANN' function nn2.
+    In addition, objects which include the k-d tree search structure can be returned
+    to speed up repeated queries of the same set of target points.
+  license_family: BSD
+  license_file:
+    - '{{ environ["PREFIX"] }}/lib/R/share/licenses/BSD_3_clause'
+    - LICENSE
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - conda-forge/r
+
+# Package: nabor
+# Type: Package
+# Title: Wraps 'libnabo', a Fast K Nearest Neighbour Library for Low Dimensions
+# Version: 0.5.0
+# Author: Stephane Mangenat (for 'libnabo'), Gregory Jefferis
+# Maintainer: Gregory Jefferis <jefferis@gmail.com>
+# Description: An R wrapper for 'libnabo', an exact or approximate k nearest neighbour library which is optimised for low dimensional spaces (e.g. 3D). 'libnabo' has speed and space advantages over the 'ANN' library wrapped by package 'RANN'. 'nabor' includes a knn function that is designed as a drop-in replacement for 'RANN' function nn2. In addition, objects which include the k-d tree search structure can be returned to speed up repeated queries of the same set of target points.
+# License: BSD_3_clause + file LICENSE
+# Copyright: libnabo is copyright 2010--2011, Stephane Magnenat, ASL, ETHZ, Switzerland <stephane at magnenat dot net>
+# URL: https://github.com/jefferis/nabor https://github.com/ethz-asl/libnabo
+# BugReports: https://github.com/jefferis/nabor/issues
+# Depends: R (>= 3.0.2)
+# Imports: Rcpp (>= 0.11.2), methods
+# LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppEigen (>= 0.3.2.2.0), BH (>= 1.54.0-4)
+# Suggests: testthat, RANN
+# RoxygenNote: 6.0.1
+# NeedsCompilation: yes
+# Packaged: 2018-07-11 15:23:05 UTC; jefferis
+# Repository: CRAN
+# Date/Publication: 2018-07-11 16:00:02 UTC