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+# Copyright Spack Project Developers. See COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack_repo.builtin.build_systems.r import RPackage
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class RDuckdb(RPackage):
+    """DBI Package for the DuckDB Database Management System.
+
+    DuckDB is a high-performance analytical in-process SQL database. This
+    package provides a DBI-compliant interface to it, and vendors the DuckDB
+    C++ engine sources so that no external DuckDB installation is required."""
+
+    cran = "duckdb"
+    homepage = "https://r.duckdb.org/"
+
+    maintainers("emwjacobson")
+
+    license("MIT", checked_by="emwjacobson")
+
+    version("1.5.5", sha256="84b14fb3e1e55af6d2b6a75b0d4d18f80036894d1071cb8a9a870ba13329d3cd")
+
+    depends_on("c", type="build")
+    depends_on("cxx", type="build")
+
+    depends_on("r@4.2.0:", type=("build", "run"))
+    depends_on("r-dbi", type=("build", "run"))
+
+    # configure extracts the vendored src/duckdb.tar.xz engine sources.
+    depends_on("xz", type="build")