diff --git a/core/libdownload/Makefile b/core/libdownload/Makefile
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+prefix = /opt
+DESTDIR =
+DEBUG = false
+ENABLE_HTTPS = true
+
+CFLAGS   = -O2 -pipe -I. -DINET6 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+WARNINGS = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wchar-subscripts \
+           -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare
+CFLAGS  += $(WARNINGS)
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(DEBUG)), true)
+CFLAGS += -g -DDEBUG
+else
+CFLAGS += -UDEBUG
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(ENALE_HTTPS)),true)
+CFLAGS  += -DWITH_SSL
+LDFLAGS += -lssl -lcrypto
+endif
+
+CC = gcc
+LD = gcc
+AR = ar
+RANLIB = ranlib
+INSTALL = install -c -D
+
+OBJS= download.o common.o ftp.o http.o file.o
+INCS= download.h common.h
+GEN = ftperr.h httperr.h
+MAN = libdownload.3
+
+#pretty print!
+E = @/bin/echo
+Q = @
+
+all: libdownload.so libdownload.a
+	$(E) "  built with:  " $(CFLAGS)
+.PHONY: all
+
+%.o: %.c $(INCS) $(GEN)
+	$(E) "  compile   " $@
+	$(Q) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
+
+ftperr.h: ftp.errors
+	$(E) "  generate  " $@
+	@/bin/echo "static struct downloaderr _ftp_errlist[] = {" > $@
+	@cat $< \
+	  | grep -v ^# \
+	  | sort \
+	  | while read NUM CAT STRING; do \
+	    /bin/echo "    { $${NUM}, DLERR_$${CAT}, \"$${STRING}\" },"; \
+	  done >> $@
+	@/bin/echo -e "    { -1, DLERR_UNKNOWN, \"Unknown FTP error\" }\n};" >> $@
+
+httperr.h: http.errors
+	$(E) "  generate  " $@
+	@/bin/echo "static struct downloaderr _http_errlist[] = {" > $@
+	@cat $< \
+	  | grep -v ^# \
+	  | sort \
+	  | while read NUM CAT STRING; do \
+	    /bin/echo "    { $${NUM}, DLERR_$${CAT}, \"$${STRING}\" },"; \
+	  done >> $@
+	@/bin/echo -e "    { -1, DLERR_UNKNOWN, \"Unknown HTTP error\" }\n};" >> $@
+
+libdownload.so: $(GEN) $(INCS) $(OBJS)
+	$(E) "  build     " $@
+	$(Q) rm -f $@
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) *.o -shared -o $@
+
+libdownload.a: $(GEN) $(INCS) $(OBJS)
+	$(E) "  build     " $@
+	$(Q) rm -f $@
+	$(Q) $(AR) rcs $@ *.o
+	$(Q) $(RANLIB) $@
+
+clean:
+	$(E) "  clean     "
+	$(Q) rm -f libdownload.so libdownload.a *.o $(GEN)
+.PHONY: clean
+
+install: all
+	$(Q) $(INSTALL) -m 755 libdownload.so $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libdownload.so
+	$(Q) $(INSTALL) -m 644 libdownload.a $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libdownload.a
+	$(Q) $(INSTALL) -m 644 download.h $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/include/download.h
+	$(Q) $(INSTALL) -m 644 libdownload.3 $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/man/man3/libdownload.3
+.PHONY: install
+
+uninstall:
+	$(Q) rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libdownload.so
+	$(Q) rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libdownload.a
+	$(Q) rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/include/download.h
+	$(Q) rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/man/man3/libdownload.3
+.PHONY: uninstall