diff --git a/c/cairo/cairo-1.14.8.eb b/c/cairo/cairo-1.14.8.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a7f7f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c/cairo/cairo-1.14.8.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'cairo'
+version = '1.14.8'
+
+homepage = 'http://cairographics.org'
+description = """Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices.
+ Currently supported output targets include the X Window System (via both Xlib and XCB), Quartz, Win32, image buffers,
+ PostScript, PDF, and SVG file output. Experimental backends include OpenGL, BeOS, OS/2, and DirectFB"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['http://cairographics.org/releases/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_XZ]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.6'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('libpng', '1.6.29'),
+    ('freetype', '2.7.1', '-libpng-1.6.29'),
+    ('pixman', '0.34.0'),
+    ('expat', '2.2.0'),
+    ('GLib', '2.52.0'),
+    ('X11', '20170314'),
+]
+
+# disable symbol lookup, which requires -lbfd, to avoid link issues with (non-PIC) libiberty.a provided by GCC
+configopts = "--enable-symbol-lookup=no --enable-gobject=yes --enable-svg=yes --enable-tee=yes --enable-xlib-xcb "
+
+# workaround for "hidden symbol .* in .* is referenced by DSO" and "ld: final link failed: Bad value"
+buildopts = 'LD="$CC" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -shared-intel"'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/cairo-trace', 'lib/cairo/libcairo-trace.so', 'lib/cairo/libcairo-trace.a',
+              'lib/libcairo.a', 'lib/libcairo-gobject.a', 'lib/libcairo-script-interpreter.a',
+              'lib/libcairo-gobject.so', 'lib/libcairo-script-interpreter.so', 'lib/libcairo.so'] +
+             ['include/cairo/cairo%s.h' % x for x in ['', '-deprecated', '-features', '-ft', '-gobject', '-pdf', '-ps',
+                                                      '-script', '-script-interpreter', '-svg', '-version', '-xcb',
+                                                      '-xlib', '-xlib-xrender']],
+    'dirs': ['lib/pkgconfig'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/e/expat/expat-2.2.0.eb b/e/expat/expat-2.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0062b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e/expat/expat-2.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'expat'
+version = '2.2.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://expat.sourceforge.net/'
+description = """Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a stream-oriented parser in which an application
+ registers handlers for things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags)"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+source_urls = [SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/f/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.12.1-libpng-1.6.29.eb b/f/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.12.1-libpng-1.6.29.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ecfd13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/f/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.12.1-libpng-1.6.29.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'fontconfig'
+version = '2.12.1'
+versionsuffix = '-libpng-1.6.29'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig'
+description = """Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font configuration, customization and
+application access."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('expat', '2.2.0'),
+    ('freetype', '2.7.1', versionsuffix),
+]
+
+configopts = '--disable-docs '
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/f/freetype/freetype-2.7.1-libpng-1.6.29.eb b/f/freetype/freetype-2.7.1-libpng-1.6.29.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad01179d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/f/freetype/freetype-2.7.1-libpng-1.6.29.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name = 'freetype'
+version = '2.7.1'
+
+homepage = 'http://freetype.org'
+description = """FreeType 2 is a software font engine that is designed to be small, efficient, highly customizable, and
+ portable while capable of producing high-quality output (glyph images). It can be used in graphics libraries, display
+ servers, font conversion tools, text image generation tools, and many other products as well."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SAVANNAH_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+
+libpngver = '1.6.29'
+versionsuffix = '-libpng-%s' % libpngver
+dependencies = [('libpng', libpngver)]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/freetype-config', 'lib/libfreetype.a', 'lib/libfreetype.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc'],
+    'dirs': ['include/freetype2'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3-Python-2.7.13.eb b/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3-Python-2.7.13.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9a364c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'GDAL'
+version = '2.1.3'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.gdal.org/'
+description = """GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats that is released under an X/MIT style
+ Open Source license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model
+ to the calling application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful commandline utilities for
+ data translation and processing."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/%(version)s/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_XZ]
+patches = ['GDAL-%(version)s_fix-uchar-definition.patch']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.13'),
+    ('netCDF', '4.4.1.1', '', ('intel', '2017a')),
+    ('expat', '2.2.0'),
+    ('GEOS', '3.6.1', versionsuffix),
+    ('SQLite', '3.17.0'),
+    ('libxml2', '2.9.4'),
+    ('libpng', '1.6.29'),
+    ('libjpeg-turbo', '1.5.1'),
+    ('JasPer', '2.0.12', '', ('intel', '2017a')),
+    ('LibTIFF', '4.0.7'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('cURL', '7.53.1'),
+    ('PCRE', '8.40'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--with-expat=$EBROOTEXPAT --with-libz=$EBROOTLIBZ --with-netcdf=$EBROOTNETCDF'
+configopts += ' --with-xml2=$EBROOTLIBXML2 --with-geos=$EBROOTGEOS/bin/geos-config --with-jpeg=$EBROOTLIBJPEGMINTURBO'
+configopts += ' --with-png=$EBROOTLIBPNG --with-sqlite3=$EBROOTSQLITE --with-jasper=$EBROOTJASPER'
+configopts += ' --with-libtiff=$EBROOTLIBTIFF --with-pcre=$EBROOTPCRE --with-python=$EBROOTPYTHON/bin/python'
+
+modextrapaths = {'PYTHONPATH': 'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libgdal.a', 'lib/libgdal.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['bin', 'include', 'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages']
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'data'
diff --git a/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb b/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b99c748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'GDAL'
+version = '2.1.3'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.gdal.org/'
+description = """GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats that is released under an X/MIT style
+ Open Source license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model
+ to the calling application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful commandline utilities for
+ data translation and processing."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017a'}
+toolchainopts = {'usempi': True}
+
+source_urls = ['http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/%(version)s/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_XZ]
+patches = ['GDAL-%(version)s_fix-uchar-definition.patch']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.13', '', True),
+    ('netCDF', '4.4.1.1'),
+    ('expat', '2.2.0', '', True),
+    ('GEOS', '3.6.1', versionsuffix, True),
+    ('SQLite', '3.17.0', '', True),
+    ('libxml2', '2.9.4', '', True),
+    ('libpng', '1.6.29', '', True),
+    ('libjpeg-turbo', '1.5.1', '', True),
+    ('JasPer', '2.0.12'),
+    ('LibTIFF', '4.0.7', '', True),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11', '', True),
+    ('cURL', '7.53.1', '', True),
+    ('PCRE', '8.40', '', True),
+]
+
+configopts = '--with-expat=$EBROOTEXPAT --with-libz=$EBROOTLIBZ --with-hdf5=$EBROOTHDF5 --with-netcdf=$EBROOTNETCDF'
+configopts += ' --with-xml2=$EBROOTLIBXML2 --with-geos=$EBROOTGEOS/bin/geos-config --with-jpeg=$EBROOTLIBJPEGMINTURBO'
+configopts += ' --with-png=$EBROOTLIBPNG --with-sqlite3=$EBROOTSQLITE --with-jasper=$EBROOTJASPER'
+configopts += ' --with-libtiff=$EBROOTLIBTIFF --with-pcre=$EBROOTPCRE --with-python=$EBROOTPYTHON/bin/python'
+
+modextrapaths = {'PYTHONPATH': 'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libgdal.a', 'lib/libgdal.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['bin', 'include', 'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages']
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'data'
diff --git a/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3_fix-uchar-definition.patch b/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3_fix-uchar-definition.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c70a9775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/g/GDAL/GDAL-2.1.3_fix-uchar-definition.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- gdal-2.1.3/frmts/jpeg2000/jpeg2000_vsil_io.h.orig	2017-03-31 17:06:52.996122910 +0200
++++ gdal-2.1.3/frmts/jpeg2000/jpeg2000_vsil_io.h	2017-03-31 17:07:06.356370202 +0200
+@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@
+ 
+ jas_stream_t *JPEG2000_VSIL_fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode);
+ 
++#define uchar unsigned char
++
+ #endif
diff --git a/g/GEOS/GEOS-3.6.1-Python-2.7.13.eb b/g/GEOS/GEOS-3.6.1-Python-2.7.13.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb05f715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/g/GEOS/GEOS-3.6.1-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'GEOS'
+version = '3.6.1'
+
+homepage = 'http://trac.osgeo.org/geos'
+description = """GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the  Java Topology Suite (JTS)"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['http://download.osgeo.org/geos/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+
+pyver = '2.7.13'
+pyshortver = '.'.join(pyver.split('.')[0:2])
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%s' % pyver
+
+dependencies = [('Python', pyver)]
+
+builddependencies = [('SWIG', '3.0.12', versionsuffix)]
+    
+configopts = '--enable-python'
+
+modextrapaths = {'PYTHONPATH': 'lib/python%s/site-packages' % pyshortver}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/geos-config', 'lib/libgeos.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libgeos.a', 'include/geos.h'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%s/site-packages/geos' % pyshortver]
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'math'
diff --git a/g/GLib/GLib-2.52.0.eb b/g/GLib/GLib-2.52.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98eae74f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/g/GLib/GLib-2.52.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Built with EasyBuild version 2.1.1 on 2015-07-07_13-08-51
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'GLib'
+version = '2.52.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.gtk.org/'
+description = """GLib is one of the base libraries of the GTK+ project"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'optarch': True, 'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = ['glib-%(version)s.tar.xz']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('libffi', '3.2.1'),
+    ('gettext', '0.19.8.1'),
+    ('libxml2', '2.9.4'),
+    ('PCRE', '8.40'),
+    ('util-linux', '2.29.2'),
+]
+
+#builddependencies = [('Python', '2.7.13')]
+
+configopts = "--disable-maintainer-mode --disable-silent-rules --disable-libelf --disable-systemtap "
+configopts += "--enable-static --enable-shared"
+
+#postinstallcmds = ["sed -i -e 's|#!.*python|#!/usr/bin/env python|' %(installdir)s/bin/*"]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libglib-%(version_major)s.0.a', 'lib/libglib-%%(version_major)s.0.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['bin', 'include'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/g/GMP/GMP-6.1.2.eb b/g/GMP/GMP-6.1.2.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cec594d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/g/GMP/GMP-6.1.2.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'GMP'
+version = '6.1.2'
+
+homepage = 'http://gmplib.org/'
+description = """GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, 
+operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers. """
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': 'dummy'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'precise': True}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+source_urls = ['http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('Autotools', '20150215'),
+]
+
+# enable C++ interface
+configopts = '--enable-cxx'
+
+runtest = 'check'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libgmp.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'include/gmp.h'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'math'
diff --git a/l/LibTIFF/LibTIFF-4.0.7.eb b/l/LibTIFF/LibTIFF-4.0.7.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccd0f337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l/LibTIFF/LibTIFF-4.0.7.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+##
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2012-2014 Uni.Lu/LCSB, NTUA
+# Authors::   Fotis Georgatos <fotis@cern.ch>
+# License::   MIT/GPL
+# $Id$
+#
+# This work implements a part of the HPCBIOS project and is a component of the policy:
+# http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
+##
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'LibTIFF'
+version = '4.0.7'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/'
+description = "tiff: Library and tools for reading and writing TIFF data files"
+
+source_urls = ['ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/']
+sources = ['tiff-%(version)s.tar.gz']
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/tiffinfo'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/l/libdrm/libdrm-2.4.76.eb b/l/libdrm/libdrm-2.4.76.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..841b7eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l/libdrm/libdrm-2.4.76.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libdrm'
+version = '2.4.76'
+
+homepage = 'http://dri.freedesktop.org'
+description = """Direct Rendering Manager runtime library."""
+
+source_urls = ['http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('X11', '20170314'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['include/xf86drm.h', 'include/xf86drmMode.h', 'lib/libdrm_intel.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libdrm_radeon.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libdrm.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libkms.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include/libdrm', 'include/libkms', 'lib/pkgconfig'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/l/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo-1.5.1.eb b/l/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo-1.5.1.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0077c604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo-1.5.1.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libjpeg-turbo'
+version = '1.5.1'
+
+homepage = 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/libjpeg-turbo/'
+description = """libjpeg-turbo is a fork of the original IJG libjpeg which uses SIMD to accelerate baseline JPEG
+compression and decompression. libjpeg is a library that implements JPEG image encoding, decoding and transcoding.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('NASM', '2.12.02'),
+]
+
+configopts = "--with-jpeg8"
+runtest = "test"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/cjpeg', 'bin/djpeg', 'bin/jpegtran', 'bin/rdjpgcom', 'bin/tjbench', 'bin/wrjpgcom',
+              'lib/libjpeg.a', 'lib/libjpeg.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libturbojpeg.a', 'lib/libturbojpeg.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'share'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/l/libpng/libpng-1.6.29.eb b/l/libpng/libpng-1.6.29.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8d3fdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l/libpng/libpng-1.6.29.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libpng'
+version = '1.6.29'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html'
+description = "libpng is the official PNG reference library"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+
+dependencies = [('zlib', '1.2.11')]
+
+preconfigopts = 'export LDFLAGS="-L/apps/all/zlib/1.2.8/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/apps/all/zlib/1.2.8/include" &&'
+
+configopts = "--with-pic"
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/l/libreadline/libreadline-7.0.eb b/l/libreadline/libreadline-7.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89f6f5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l/libreadline/libreadline-7.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libreadline'
+version = '7.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html'
+description = """The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that
+ allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available.
+ The Readline library includes additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command lines,
+ to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on previous commands."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+sources = ['readline-%(version)s.tar.gz']
+source_urls = ['http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline']
+
+dependencies = [('ncurses', '6.0')]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files' : ['lib/libreadline.a', 'lib/libhistory.a'] +
+              ['include/readline/%s' % x for x in ['chardefs.h', 'history.h', 'keymaps.h', 'readline.h', 'rlconf.h',
+                                                   'rlstdc.h', 'rltypedefs.h', 'tilde.h']],
+    'dirs' : [],
+}
+
+buildopts = "CC=gcc CFLAGS='-O3 -fPIC'"
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.4-Python-2.7.13.eb b/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.4-Python-2.7.13.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f2d69c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.4-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name = 'libxml2'
+version = '2.9.4'
+
+homepage = 'http://xmlsoft.org/'
+description = """Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolchain developed for the Gnome project (but usable
+ outside of the Gnome platform)."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [
+    'http://xmlsoft.org/sources/',
+    'http://xmlsoft.org/sources/old/'
+]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+
+configopts = 'CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" --with-pic --with-zlib=$EBROOTZLIB'
+
+pyver = '2.7.13'
+pyshortver = '.'.join(pyver.split('.')[:2])
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%s' % pyver
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('Python', pyver),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/m/Mako/Mako-1.0.6-Python-2.7.13.eb b/m/Mako/Mako-1.0.6-Python-2.7.13.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c38760f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m/Mako/Mako-1.0.6-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'Mako'
+version = '1.0.6'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.makotemplates.org'
+description = """A super-fast templating language that borrows the best ideas from the existing templating languages"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = [PYPI_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+
+dependencies = [('Python', '2.7.13')]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/mako-render'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/%(name)s-%(version)s-py%(pyshortver)s.egg'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/m/Mesa/Mesa-17.0.2-intel-2017a.eb b/m/Mesa/Mesa-17.0.2-intel-2017a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11b47995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m/Mesa/Mesa-17.0.2-intel-2017a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# the purpose of the easyconfig is to build a Mesa for software rendering,
+# not hardware rendering. This means you want at least SSE4.2. We build:
+# - llvmpipe: the high-performance Gallium LLVM driver
+# - swr: Intel's OpenSWR
+# it will try to use the llvmpipe by default. It you want swr, do:
+# GALLIUM_DRIVER=swr
+
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Mesa'
+version = '17.0.2'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.mesa3d.org/'
+description = """Mesa is an open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification -
+ a system for rendering interactive 3D graphics."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017a'}
+# swr detects and builds parts specific for AVX and AVX2. If we use
+# -xHost, this always gets overwritten and will fail.
+toolchainopts = {'optarch': False}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_XZ]
+source_urls = [
+    'https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/',
+    'https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/%(version)s',
+    'ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/%(version)s',
+    'ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/older-versions/%(version_major)s.x/%(version)s',
+]
+patches = ['Mesa-%(version)s_fix-strip-llvm-flags.patch']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('flex', '2.6.3', '', True),
+    ('Bison', '3.0.4', '', True),
+    ('Autotools', '20150215', '', True),
+    ('pkg-config', '0.29.1', '', True),
+    ('Mako', '1.0.6', '-Python-2.7.13', True),
+    ('libxml2', '2.9.4', '-Python-2.7.13', True),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11', '', True),
+    ('nettle', '3.3'),
+    ('libdrm', '2.4.76', '', True),
+    ('LLVM', '4.0.0', '', ('GCC', '6.3.0-2.27')),
+    ('X11', '20170314', '', True),
+]
+
+# GLU is not part anymore of Mesa package!
+configopts = " --disable-osmesa --enable-gallium-osmesa --enable-gallium-llvm --enable-glx --disable-dri"
+configopts += " --disable-gbm --disable-driglx-direct --with-gallium-drivers='swrast,swr' --disable-egl"
+configopts += " --with-osmesa-bits=32 --enable-texture-float --enable-llvm-shared-libs "
+
+buildopts = 'V=1'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libGL.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libOSMesa.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libGLESv1_CM.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libGLESv2.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'include/GL/glext.h', 'include/GL/gl_mangle.h',
+              'include/GL/glx.h', 'include/GL/osmesa.h',
+              'include/GL/gl.h', 'include/GL/glxext.h',
+              'include/GL/glx_mangle.h', 'include/GLES/gl.h',
+              'include/GLES2/gl2.h', 'include/GLES3/gl3.h'],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/n/NASM/NASM-2.12.02.eb b/n/NASM/NASM-2.12.02.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f484fa81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/n/NASM/NASM-2.12.02.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+##
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2012-2014 Uni.Lu/LCSB, NTUA
+# Authors::   Fotis Georgatos <fotis@cern.ch>
+# License::   MIT/GPL
+# $Id$
+#
+# This work implements a part of the HPCBIOS project and is a component of the policy:
+# http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/HPCBIOS_2012-90.html
+##
+
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'NASM'
+version = '2.12.02'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.nasm.us/'
+description = """NASM: General-purpose x86 assembler"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+source_urls = ['http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/%(version)s']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/nasm'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/n/nettle/nettle-3.3-intel-2017a.eb b/n/nettle/nettle-3.3-intel-2017a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80952f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/n/nettle/nettle-3.3-intel-2017a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'nettle'
+version = '3.3'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/'
+description = """Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily
+ in more or less any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented
+ languages (C++, Python, Pike, ...), in applications like LSH or GNUPG,
+ or even in kernel space."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017a'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('GMP', '6.1.2', '', True),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in ['nettle-hash', 'nettle-lfib-stream', 'pkcs1-conv', 'sexp-conv']] +
+             ['lib64/libhogweed.a', 'lib64/libhogweed.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib64/libnettle.a', 'lib64/libnettle.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include/nettle'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/p/PCRE/PCRE-8.40.eb b/p/PCRE/PCRE-8.40.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be0d17c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p/PCRE/PCRE-8.40.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'PCRE'
+version = '8.40'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.pcre.org/'
+description = """The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using
+ the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+
+configopts = "--with-pic --disable-cpp --enable-utf --enable-unicode-properties"
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/p/pixman/pixman-0.34.0.eb b/p/pixman/pixman-0.34.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9829aa60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p/pixman/pixman-0.34.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'pixman'
+version = '0.34.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.pixman.org/'
+description = """Pixman is a low-level software library for pixel manipulation, providing features such as image
+compositing and trapezoid rasterization. Important users of pixman are the cairo graphics library and the X server."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['http://cairographics.org/releases/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libpixman-1.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/p/pkg-config/pkg-config-0.29.1.eb b/p/pkg-config/pkg-config-0.29.1.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91963f04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p/pkg-config/pkg-config-0.29.1.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'pkg-config'
+version = '0.29.1'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/'
+description = """pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. It helps you insert the
+ correct compiler options on the command line so an application can use
+  gcc -o test test.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0`
+ for instance, rather than hard-coding values on where to find glib (or other libraries)."""
+
+# don't use PAX, it might break.
+tar_config_opts = True
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+source_urls = ['http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/']
+
+configopts = " --with-internal-glib"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/pkg-config'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/r/R/R-3.4.0-intel-2017a-X11-20170314.eb b/r/R/R-3.4.0-intel-2017a-X11-20170314.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99aa5ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r/R/R-3.4.0-intel-2017a-X11-20170314.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,526 @@
+name = 'R'
+version = '3.4.0'
+x11ver = '20170314'
+versionsuffix = '-X11-%s' % x11ver
+
+homepage = 'http://www.r-project.org/'
+description = """R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017a'}
+
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+source_urls = ['http://cran.us.r-project.org/src/base/R-%(version_major)s']
+
+preconfigopts = 'BLAS_LIBS="$LIBBLAS" LAPACK_LIBS="$LIBLAPACK"'
+configopts = "--with-lapack --with-blas --with-pic --enable-threads --with-x=yes --enable-R-shlib"
+# Actually use Tcl/Tk
+configopts += ' --with-tcl-config=$EBROOTTCL/lib/tclConfig.sh --with-tk-config=$EBROOTTK/lib/tkConfig.sh '
+# Enable graphics capabilities for plotting.
+configopts += " --with-cairo --with-libpng --with-jpeglib --with-libtiff"
+# some recommended packages may fail in a parallel build (e.g. Matrix), and we're installing them anyway below
+configopts += " --with-recommended-packages=no"
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('X11', x11ver, '', True),
+    ('Mesa', '17.0.2'),
+    ('libGLU', '9.0.0', '', True),
+    ('cairo', '1.14.8', '', True),
+    ('libreadline', '7.0', '', True),
+    ('ncurses', '6.0', '', True),
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.6', '', True),
+    ('XZ', '5.2.3', '', True),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11', '', True),
+    ('SQLite', '3.17.0', '', True),
+    ('PCRE', '8.40', '', True),
+    ('libpng', '1.6.29', '', True),  # for plotting in R
+    ('libjpeg-turbo', '1.5.1', '', True),  # for plottting in R
+    ('LibTIFF', '4.0.7', '', True),
+    ('Java', '1.8.0_121', '', True),  # Java bindings are built if Java is found, might as well provide it
+    ('Tcl', '8.6.6', '', True),  # for tcltk
+    ('Tk', '8.6.6', '', True),  # for tcltk
+    ('cURL', '7.53.1', '', True),  # for RCurl
+    ('libxml2', '2.9.4', '', True),  # for XML
+    ('GDAL', '2.1.3', '-Python-2.7.13', True),  # for rgdal
+    ('PROJ', '4.9.3'),  # for rgdal
+    ('GMP', '6.1.2', '', True),  # for igraph
+    ('NLopt', '2.4.2'),  # for nloptr
+    ('FFTW', '3.3.6'),  # for fftw
+    ('libsndfile', '1.0.28'),  # for seewave
+    # OS dependency should be preferred if the os version is more recent then this version,
+    # it's nice to have an up to date openssl for security reasons
+    # ('OpenSSL', '1.0.2h'),
+]
+
+osdependencies = [('openssl-devel', 'libssl-dev', 'libopenssl-devel')]
+
+name_tmpl = '%(name)s_%(version)s.tar.gz'
+ext_options = {
+    'source_urls': [
+        'http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/%(name)s',  # package archive
+        'http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/',  # current version of packages
+        'http://cran.freestatistics.org/src/contrib',  # mirror alternative for current packages
+    ],
+    'source_tmpl': name_tmpl,
+}
+
+# !! order of packages is important !!
+# packages updated on May 11th 2017
+exts_list = [
+    # default libraries, only here to sanity check their presence
+    'base',
+    'datasets',
+    'graphics',
+    'grDevices',
+    'grid',
+    'methods',
+    'splines',
+    'stats',
+    'stats4',
+    'tools',
+    'utils',
+    # non-standard libraries, should be specified with fixed versions!
+    ('Rmpi', '0.6-6', ext_options),
+    ('abind', '1.4-5', ext_options),
+    ('magic', '1.5-6', ext_options),
+    ('geometry', '0.3-6', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', ['geometry-0.3-4-icc.patch'])])),
+    ('bit', '1.1-12', ext_options),
+    ('filehash', '2.4-1', ext_options),
+    ('ff', '2.2-13', ext_options),
+    ('bnlearn', '4.1.1', ext_options),
+    ('bootstrap', '2017.2', ext_options),
+    ('combinat', '0.0-8', ext_options),
+    ('deal', '1.2-37', ext_options),
+    ('fdrtool', '1.2.15', ext_options),
+    ('formatR', '1.5', ext_options),
+    ('gtools', '3.5.0', ext_options),
+    ('gdata', '2.17.0', ext_options),
+    ('GSA', '1.03', ext_options),
+    ('highr', '0.6', ext_options),
+    ('infotheo', '1.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('lars', '1.2', ext_options),
+    ('lazy', '1.2-15', ext_options),
+    ('kernlab', '0.9-25', ext_options),
+    ('mime', '0.5', ext_options),
+    ('markdown', '0.8', ext_options),
+    ('mlbench', '2.1-1', ext_options),
+    ('NLP', '0.1-10', ext_options),
+    ('mclust', '5.3', ext_options),
+    ('RANN', '2.5', ext_options),
+    ('rmeta', '2.16', ext_options),
+    ('segmented', '0.5-1.4', ext_options),
+    ('som', '0.3-5.1', ext_options),
+    ('SuppDists', '1.1-9.4', ext_options),
+    ('stabledist', '0.7-1', ext_options),
+    ('survivalROC', '1.0.3', ext_options),
+    ('pspline', '1.0-17', ext_options),
+    ('timeDate', '3012.100', ext_options),
+    ('longmemo', '1.0-0', ext_options),
+    ('ADGofTest', '0.3', ext_options),
+    ('ade4', '1.7-6', ext_options),
+    ('AlgDesign', '1.1-7.3', ext_options),
+    ('base64enc', '0.1-3', ext_options),
+    ('BH', '1.62.0-1', ext_options),
+    ('brew', '1.0-6', ext_options),
+    ('Brobdingnag', '1.2-4', ext_options),
+    ('corpcor', '1.6.9', ext_options),
+    ('longitudinal', '1.1.12', ext_options),
+    ('backports', '1.0.5', ext_options),
+    ('checkmate', '1.8.2', ext_options),
+    ('Rcpp', '0.12.10', ext_options),
+    ('cubature', '1.3-8', ext_options),
+    ('DEoptimR', '1.0-8', ext_options),
+    ('digest', '0.6.12', ext_options),
+    ('fastmatch', '1.1-0', ext_options),
+    ('ffbase', '0.12.3', ext_options),
+    ('iterators', '1.0.8', ext_options),
+    ('maps', '3.1.1', ext_options),
+    ('nnls', '1.4', ext_options),
+    ('sendmailR', '1.2-1', ext_options),
+    ('spam', '1.4-0', ext_options),
+    ('subplex', '1.2-2', ext_options),
+    ('stringi', '1.1.5', ext_options),
+    ('magrittr', '1.5', ext_options),
+    ('stringr', '1.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('evaluate', '0.10', ext_options),
+    ('logspline', '2.1.9', ext_options),
+    ('ncbit', '2013.03.29', ext_options),
+    ('permute', '0.9-4', ext_options),
+    ('plotrix', '3.6-5', ext_options),
+    ('randomForest', '4.6-12', ext_options),
+    ('scatterplot3d', '0.3-40', ext_options),
+    ('SparseM', '1.77', ext_options),
+    ('tripack', '1.3-8', ext_options),
+    ('irace', '2.3', ext_options),
+    ('rJava', '0.9-8', ext_options),
+    ('lattice', '0.20-35', ext_options),
+    ('RColorBrewer', '1.1-2', ext_options),
+    ('latticeExtra', '0.6-28', ext_options),
+    ('Matrix', '1.2-10', ext_options),
+    ('png', '0.1-7', ext_options),
+    ('RcppArmadillo', '0.7.800.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('plyr', '1.8.4', ext_options),
+    ('pROC', '1.9.1', ext_options),
+    ('quadprog', '1.5-5', ext_options),
+    ('BB', '2014.10-1', ext_options),
+    ('BBmisc', '1.11', ext_options),
+    ('fail', '1.3', ext_options),
+    ('rlecuyer', '0.3-4', ext_options),
+    ('snow', '0.4-2', ext_options),
+    ('MASS', '7.3-47', ext_options),
+    ('tree', '1.0-37', ext_options),
+    ('pls', '2.6-0', ext_options),
+    ('class', '7.3-14', ext_options),
+    ('e1071', '1.6-8', ext_options),
+    ('nnet', '7.3-12', ext_options),
+    ('nlme', '3.1-131', ext_options),
+    ('minqa', '1.2.4', ext_options),
+    ('RcppEigen', '0.3.3.3.0', ext_options),
+    ('MatrixModels', '0.4-1', ext_options),
+    ('quantreg', '5.33', ext_options),
+    ('mgcv', '1.8-17', ext_options),
+    ('colorspace', '1.3-2', ext_options),
+    ('robustbase', '0.92-7', ext_options),
+    ('sp', '1.2-4', ext_options),
+    ('zoo', '1.8-0', ext_options),
+    ('lmtest', '0.9-35', ext_options),
+    ('vcd', '1.4-3', ext_options),
+    ('snowfall', '1.84-6.1', ext_options),
+    ('rpart', '4.1-11', ext_options),
+    ('survival', '2.41-3', ext_options),
+    ('mice', '2.30', ext_options),
+    ('urca', '1.3-0', ext_options),
+    ('fracdiff', '1.4-2', ext_options),
+    ('logistf', '1.22', ext_options),
+    ('akima', '0.6-2', ext_options),
+    ('bitops', '1.0-6', ext_options),
+    ('boot', '1.3-19', ext_options),
+    ('mixtools', '1.1.0', ext_options),
+    ('cluster', '2.0.6', ext_options),
+    ('gclus', '1.3.1', ext_options),
+    ('coda', '0.19-1', ext_options),
+    ('codetools', '0.2-15', ext_options),
+    ('foreach', '1.4.3', ext_options),
+    ('doMC', '1.3.4', ext_options),
+    ('DBI', '0.6-1', ext_options),
+    ('foreign', '0.8-68', ext_options),
+    ('gam', '1.14-4', ext_options),
+    ('gamlss.data', '5.0-0', ext_options),
+    ('gamlss.dist', '5.0-0', ext_options),
+    ('hwriter', '1.3.2', ext_options),
+    ('KernSmooth', '2.23-15', ext_options),
+    ('xts', '0.9-7', ext_options),
+    ('TTR', '0.23-1', ext_options),
+    ('quantmod', '0.4-8', ext_options),
+    ('mnormt', '1.5-5', ext_options),
+    ('mvtnorm', '1.0-6', ext_options),
+    ('pcaPP', '1.9-61', ext_options),
+    ('numDeriv', '2016.8-1', ext_options),
+    ('lava', '1.5', ext_options),
+    ('prodlim', '1.6.1', ext_options),
+    ('pscl', '1.4.9', ext_options),
+    ('memoise', '1.1.0', ext_options),
+    ('plogr', '0.1-1', ext_options),
+    ('RSQLite', '1.1-2', ext_options),
+    ('BatchJobs', '1.6', ext_options),
+    ('sandwich', '2.3-4', ext_options),
+    ('sfsmisc', '1.1-0', ext_options),
+    ('spatial', '7.3-11', ext_options),
+    ('VGAM', '1.0-3', ext_options),
+    ('waveslim', '1.7.5', ext_options),
+    ('xtable', '1.8-2', ext_options),
+    ('profileModel', '0.5-9', ext_options),
+    ('brglm', '0.5-9', ext_options),
+    ('deSolve', '1.14', ext_options),
+    ('tseriesChaos', '0.1-13', ext_options),
+    ('tseries', '0.10-40', ext_options),
+    ('fastICA', '1.2-0', ext_options),
+    ('R.methodsS3', '1.7.1', ext_options),
+    ('R.oo', '1.21.0', ext_options),
+    ('cgdsr', '1.2.6', ext_options),
+    ('R.utils', '2.5.0', ext_options),
+    ('R.matlab', '3.6.1', ext_options),
+    ('gbm', '2.1.3', ext_options),
+    ('dichromat', '2.0-0', ext_options),
+    ('Formula', '1.2-1', ext_options),
+    ('acepack', '1.4.1', ext_options),
+    ('reshape2', '1.4.2', ext_options),
+    ('gtable', '0.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('munsell', '0.4.3', ext_options),
+    ('labeling', '0.3', ext_options),
+    ('scales', '0.4.1', ext_options),
+    ('proto', '1.0.0', ext_options),
+    ('lazyeval', '0.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('assertthat', '0.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('tibble', '1.3.0', ext_options),
+    ('ggplot2', '2.2.1', ext_options),
+    ('gridExtra', '2.2.1', ext_options),
+    ('chron', '2.3-50', ext_options),
+    ('data.table', '1.10.4', ext_options),
+    ('viridisLite', '0.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('viridis', '0.4.0', ext_options),
+    ('yaml', '2.1.14', ext_options),
+    ('jsonlite', '1.4', ext_options),
+    ('htmltools', '0.3.6', ext_options),
+    ('htmlwidgets', '0.8', ext_options),
+    ('knitr', '1.16', ext_options),
+    ('htmlTable', '1.9', ext_options),
+    ('Hmisc', '4.0-3', ext_options),
+    ('fastcluster', '1.1.22', ext_options),
+    ('registry', '0.3', ext_options),
+    ('pkgmaker', '0.22', ext_options),
+    ('rngtools', '1.2.4', ext_options),
+    ('doParallel', '1.0.10', ext_options),
+    ('gridBase', '0.4-7', ext_options),
+    ('NMF', '0.20.6', ext_options),
+    ('irlba', '2.1.2', ext_options),
+    ('igraph', '1.0.1', ext_options),
+    ('GeneNet', '1.2.13', ext_options),
+    ('ape', '4.1', ext_options),
+    ('RJSONIO', '1.3-0', ext_options),
+    ('caTools', '1.17.1', ext_options),
+    ('gplots', '3.0.1', ext_options),
+    ('ROCR', '1.0-7', ext_options),
+    ('httpuv', '1.3.3', ext_options),
+    ('R6', '2.2.1', ext_options),
+    ('rjson', '0.2.15', ext_options),
+    ('sourcetools', '0.1.6', ext_options),
+    ('shiny', '1.0.3', ext_options),
+    ('seqinr', '3.3-6', ext_options),
+    ('LearnBayes', '2.15', ext_options),
+    ('deldir', '0.1-14', ext_options),
+    ('gmodels', '2.16.2', ext_options),
+    ('expm', '0.999-2', ext_options),
+    ('spdep', '0.6-13', ext_options),
+    ('dplyr', '0.5.0', ext_options),
+    ('vegan', '2.4-3', ext_options),
+    ('adegenet', '2.0.1', ext_options),
+    ('prettyunits', '1.0.2', ext_options),
+    ('progress', '1.1.2', ext_options),
+    ('rncl', '0.8.2', ext_options),
+    ('XML', '3.98-1.7', ext_options),
+    ('crayon', '1.3.2', ext_options),
+    ('praise', '1.0.0', ext_options),
+    ('testthat', '1.0.2', ext_options),
+    ('rprojroot', '1.2', ext_options),
+    ('rmarkdown', '1.5', ext_options),
+    ('curl', '2.6', ext_options),
+    ('openssl', '0.9.6', ext_options),
+    ('httr', '1.2.1', ext_options),
+    ('reshape', '0.8.6', ext_options),
+    ('xml2', '1.1.1', ext_options),
+    ('bold', '0.4.0', ext_options),
+    ('triebeard', '0.3.0', ext_options),
+    ('urltools', '1.6.0', ext_options),
+    ('httpcode', '0.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('crul', '0.3.6', ext_options),
+    ('rredlist', '0.3.0', ext_options),
+    ('rentrez', '1.0.4', ext_options),
+    ('rotl', '3.0.3', ext_options),
+    ('solrium', '0.4.0', ext_options),
+    ('ritis', '0.5.4', ext_options),
+    ('worrms', '0.1.0', ext_options),
+    ('natserv', '0.1.4', ext_options),
+    ('taxize', '0.8.4', ext_options),
+    ('tidyr', '0.6.2', ext_options),
+    ('uuid', '0.1-2', ext_options),
+    ('RNeXML', '2.0.7', ext_options),
+    ('phylobase', '0.8.4', ext_options),
+    ('adephylo', '1.1-10', ext_options),
+    ('animation', '2.5', ext_options),
+    ('bigmemory.sri', '0.1.3', ext_options),
+    ('bigmemory', '4.5.19', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', ['bigmemory-4.5.19_icpc-wd308.patch'])])),
+    ('calibrate', '1.7.2', ext_options),
+    ('clusterGeneration', '1.3.4', ext_options),
+    ('raster', '2.5-8', ext_options),
+    ('dismo', '1.1-4', ext_options),
+    ('extrafontdb', '1.0', ext_options),
+    ('Rttf2pt1', '1.3.4', ext_options),
+    ('extrafont', '0.17', ext_options),
+    ('fields', '8.10', ext_options),
+    ('shapefiles', '0.7', ext_options),
+    ('fossil', '0.3.7', ext_options),
+    ('geiger', '2.0.6', ext_options),
+    ('glmnet', '2.0-10', ext_options),
+    ('rgl', '0.98.1', ext_options),
+    ('labdsv', '1.8-0', ext_options),
+    ('stabs', '0.6-2', ext_options),
+    ('modeltools', '0.2-21', ext_options),
+    ('strucchange', '1.5-1', ext_options),
+    ('TH.data', '1.0-8', ext_options),
+    ('multcomp', '1.4-6', ext_options),
+    ('coin', '1.1-3', ext_options),
+    ('party', '1.2-3', ext_options),
+    ('mboost', '2.8-0', ext_options),
+    ('msm', '1.6.4', ext_options),
+    ('nor1mix', '1.2-2', ext_options),
+    ('np', '0.60-3', ext_options),
+    ('polynom', '1.3-9', ext_options),
+    ('polspline', '1.1.12', ext_options),
+    ('rms', '5.1-1', ext_options),
+    ('RWekajars', '3.9.1-3', ext_options),
+    ('RWeka', '0.4-34', ext_options),
+    ('slam', '0.1-40', ext_options),
+    ('tm', '0.7-1', ext_options),
+    ('TraMineR', '2.0-5', ext_options),
+    ('chemometrics', '1.4.2', ext_options),
+    ('FNN', '1.1', ext_options),
+    ('ipred', '0.9-6', ext_options),
+    ('statmod', '1.4.29', ext_options),
+    ('miscTools', '0.6-22', ext_options),
+    ('maxLik', '1.3-4', ext_options),
+    ('mlogit', '0.2-4', ext_options),
+    ('getopt', '1.20.0', ext_options),
+    ('gsalib', '2.1', ext_options),
+    ('optparse', '1.3.2', ext_options),
+    ('klaR', '0.6-12', ext_options),
+    ('neuRosim', '0.2-12', ext_options),
+    ('locfit', '1.5-9.1', ext_options),
+    ('GGally', '1.3.0', ext_options),
+    ('beanplot', '1.2', ext_options),
+    ('clValid', '0.6-6', ext_options),
+    ('matrixStats', '0.52.2', ext_options),
+    ('DiscriMiner', '0.1-29', ext_options),
+    ('ellipse', '0.3-8', ext_options),
+    ('leaps', '3.0', ext_options),
+    ('nloptr', '1.0.4', ext_options),
+    ('lme4', '1.1-13', ext_options),
+    ('pbkrtest', '0.4-7', ext_options),
+    ('car', '2.1-4', ext_options),
+    ('flashClust', '1.01-2', ext_options),
+    ('FactoMineR', '1.35', ext_options),
+    ('flexclust', '1.3-4', ext_options),
+    ('flexmix', '2.3-14', ext_options),
+    ('prabclus', '2.2-6', ext_options),
+    ('diptest', '0.75-7', ext_options),
+    ('trimcluster', '0.1-2', ext_options),
+    ('fpc', '2.1-10', ext_options),
+    ('BiasedUrn', '1.07', ext_options),
+    ('TeachingDemos', '2.10', ext_options),
+    ('kohonen', '3.0.2', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', ['kohonen-3.0.2_icpc-wd308.patch'])])),
+    ('base64', '2.0', ext_options),
+    ('doRNG', '1.6.6', ext_options),
+    ('nleqslv', '3.2', ext_options),
+    ('Deriv', '3.8.0', ext_options),
+    ('RGCCA', '2.1.2', ext_options),
+    ('pheatmap', '1.0.8', ext_options),
+    ('openxlsx', '4.0.17', ext_options),
+    ('pvclust', '2.0-0', ext_options),
+    ('RCircos', '1.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('lambda.r', '1.1.9', ext_options),
+    ('futile.options', '1.0.0', ext_options),
+    ('futile.logger', '1.4.3', ext_options),
+    ('VennDiagram', '1.6.17', ext_options),
+    ('xlsxjars', '0.6.1', ext_options),
+    ('xlsx', '0.5.7', ext_options),
+    ('forecast', '8.0', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', ['forecast-6.1_icpc-wd308.patch'])])),
+    ('fma', '2.3', ext_options),
+    ('expsmooth', '2.3', ext_options),
+    ('fpp', '0.5', ext_options),
+    ('maptools', '0.9-2', ext_options),
+    ('tensor', '1.5', ext_options),
+    ('polyclip', '1.6-1', ext_options),
+    ('goftest', '1.1-1', ext_options),
+    ('spatstat.utils', '1.6-0', ext_options),
+    ('spatstat', '1.51-0', ext_options),
+    ('rgdal', '1.2-7', ext_options),
+    ('gdalUtils', '2.0.1.7', ext_options),
+    ('pracma', '2.0.4', ext_options),
+    ('RCurl', '1.95-4.8', ext_options),
+    ('bio3d', '2.3-1', ext_options),
+    ('AUC', '0.3.0', ext_options),
+    ('interpretR', '0.2.4', ext_options),
+    ('cvAUC', '1.1.0', ext_options),
+    ('SuperLearner', '2.0-21', ext_options),
+    ('lpSolve', '5.6.13', ext_options),
+    ('mediation', '4.4.5', ext_options),
+    ('ModelMetrics', '1.1.0', ext_options),
+    ('caret', '6.0-76', ext_options),
+    ('adabag', '4.1', ext_options),
+    ('parallelMap', '1.3', ext_options),
+    ('ParamHelpers', '1.10', ext_options),
+    ('ggvis', '0.4.3', ext_options),
+    ('mlr', '2.11', ext_options),
+    ('unbalanced', '2.0', ext_options),
+    ('RSNNS', '0.4-9', ext_options),
+    ('abc.data', '1.0', ext_options),
+    ('abc', '2.1', ext_options),
+    ('lhs', '0.14', ext_options),
+    ('tensorA', '0.36', ext_options),
+    ('EasyABC', '1.5', ext_options),
+    ('shape', '1.4.2', ext_options),
+    ('whisker', '0.3-2', ext_options),
+    ('rstudioapi', '0.6', ext_options),
+    ('commonmark', '1.2', ext_options),
+    ('desc', '1.1.0', ext_options),
+    ('roxygen2', '6.0.1', ext_options),
+    ('git2r', '0.18.0', ext_options),
+    ('rversions', '1.0.3', ext_options),
+    ('withr', '1.0.2', ext_options),
+    ('devtools', '1.13.0', ext_options),
+    ('Rook', '1.1-1', ext_options),
+    ('Cairo', '1.5-9', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', ['Cairo-1.5-9.patch'])])),
+    ('RMTstat', '0.3', ext_options),
+    ('Lmoments', '1.2-3', ext_options),
+    ('distillery', '1.0-2', ext_options),
+    ('extRemes', '2.0-8', ext_options),
+    ('pixmap', '0.4-11', ext_options),
+    ('tkrplot', '0.0-23', ext_options),
+    ('misc3d', '0.8-4', ext_options),
+    ('multicool', '0.1-10', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', ['multicool-0.1-10_icpc-wd308.patch'])])),
+    ('ks', '1.10.6', ext_options),
+    ('logcondens', '2.1.5', ext_options),
+    ('Iso', '0.0-17', ext_options),
+    ('penalized', '0.9-50', ext_options),
+    ('clusterRepro', '0.5-1.1', ext_options),
+    ('randomForestSRC', '2.4.2', ext_options),
+    ('sm', '2.2-5.4', ext_options),
+    ('psych', '1.7.5', ext_options),
+    ('pbivnorm', '0.6.0', ext_options),
+    ('lavaan', '0.5-23.1097', ext_options),
+    ('matrixcalc', '1.0-3', ext_options),
+    ('arm', '1.9-3', ext_options),
+    ('mi', '1.0', ext_options),
+    ('visNetwork', '1.0.3', ext_options),
+    ('rgexf', '0.15.3', ext_options),
+    ('influenceR', '0.1.0', ext_options),
+    ('DiagrammeR', '0.9.0', ext_options),
+    ('sem', '3.1-9', ext_options),
+    ('jpeg', '0.1-8', ext_options),
+    ('network', '1.13.0', ext_options),
+    ('statnet.common', '3.3.0', ext_options),
+    ('sna', '2.4', ext_options),
+    ('glasso', '1.8', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', [('glasso-1.8-ifort-no-fixed.patch', 1)])])),
+    ('huge', '1.2.7', ext_options),
+    ('d3Network', '0.5.2.1', ext_options),
+    ('ggm', '2.3', ext_options),
+    ('qgraph', '1.4.3', ext_options),
+    ('diveRsity', '1.9.90', ext_options),
+    ('doSNOW', '1.0.14', ext_options),
+    ('phangorn', '2.2.0', ext_options),
+    ('geepack', '1.2-1', ext_options),
+    ('lubridate', '1.6.0', ext_options),
+    ('biom', '0.3.12', ext_options),
+    ('pim', '2.0.1', ext_options),
+    ('minpack.lm', '1.2-1', ext_options),
+    ('rootSolve', '1.7', ext_options),
+    ('diagram', '1.6.3', ext_options),
+    ('FME', '1.3.5', ext_options),
+    ('bmp', '0.2', ext_options),
+    ('readbitmap', '0.1-4', ext_options),
+    ('purrr', '0.2.2', ext_options),
+    ('downloader', '0.4', ext_options),
+    ('imager', '0.40.2', dict(ext_options.items() + [('patches', ['imager-0.40.2_icpc-wd308.patch'])])),
+    ('pracma', '2.0.4', ext_options),
+    ('signal', '0.7-6', ext_options),
+    ('tuneR', '1.3.2', ext_options),
+    ('pastecs', '1.3-18', ext_options),
+    ('audio', '0.1-5', ext_options),
+    ('fftw', '1.0-4', ext_options),
+    ('seewave', '2.0.5', ext_options),
+    ('gsw', '1.0-3', ext_options),
+    ('oce', '0.9-21', ext_options),
+    ('ineq', '0.2-13', ext_options),
+    ('soundecology', '1.3.2', ext_options),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/s/SQLite/SQLite-3.17.0.eb b/s/SQLite/SQLite-3.17.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..177cb422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s/SQLite/SQLite-3.17.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+##
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2012-2014 Uni.Lu/LCSB, NTUA
+# Authors::   Fotis Georgatos <fotis@cern.ch>
+# License::   MIT/GPL
+# $Id$
+#
+# This work implements a part of the HPCBIOS project and is a component of the policy:
+# http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
+##
+
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'SQLite'
+version = '3.17.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.sqlite.org/'
+description = 'SQLite: SQL Database Engine in a C Library'
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['http://www.sqlite.org/2017/']
+version_minor_etc = version.split('.')[1:]
+version_minor_etc += '0' * (3 - len(version_minor_etc))
+version_str = '%(version_major)s' + ''.join('%02d' % int(x) for x in version_minor_etc)
+sources = ['sqlite-autoconf-%s.tar.gz' % version_str]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('libreadline', '7.0'),
+    ('Tcl', '8.6.6'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/sqlite3', 'include/sqlite3ext.h', 'include/sqlite3.h', 'lib/libsqlite3.a',
+              'lib/libsqlite3.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['lib/pkgconfig'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/s/SWIG/SWIG-3.0.12-Python-2.7.13.eb b/s/SWIG/SWIG-3.0.12-Python-2.7.13.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f25ef07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s/SWIG/SWIG-3.0.12-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name = 'SWIG'
+version = '3.0.12'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.swig.org/'
+description = """SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with
+ a variety of high-level programming languages."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'opt': True, 'optarch': True}
+
+source_urls = [SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.13'),
+    ('PCRE', '8.40'),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/t/Tcl/Tcl-8.6.6.eb b/t/Tcl/Tcl-8.6.6.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38e05c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/Tcl/Tcl-8.6.6.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Tcl'
+version = '8.6.6'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.tcl.tk/'
+description = """Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming language,
+suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and desktop applications, networking, administration,
+testing and many more."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ["http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl"]
+sources = ['%(namelower)s%(version)s-src.tar.gz']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--enable-threads EXTRA_INSTALL="install-private-headers"'
+
+runtest = 'test'
+
+start_dir = 'unix'
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/t/Tk/Tk-8.6.6.eb b/t/Tk/Tk-8.6.6.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c0ec901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/Tk/Tk-8.6.6.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Tk'
+version = '8.6.6'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.tcl.tk/'
+description = """Tk is an open source, cross-platform widget toolchain that provides a library of basic elements for
+ building a graphical user interface (GUI) in many different programming languages."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ["http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl"]
+sources = ['%(namelower)s%(version)s-src.tar.gz']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Tcl', '8.6.6'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--enable-threads --with-tcl=$EBROOTTCL/lib CFLAGS="-I$EBROOTTCL/include"'
+
+start_dir = 'unix'
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/u/util-linux/util-linux-2.29.2.eb b/u/util-linux/util-linux-2.29.2.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4515867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/u/util-linux/util-linux-2.29.2.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'util-linux'
+version = '2.29.2'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux'
+description = """Set of Linux utilities"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = ['%s/v%%(version_major_minor)s' % homepage]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+
+# disable account related utilities (they need OS dependant pam-devel files)
+# disable wall and friends (requires group changing permissions for install user)
+# install systemd service files in install dir
+# install bash completion files in install dir
+configopts = '--disable-chfn-chsh --disable-login --disable-su '
+configopts += '--disable-wall --disable-use-tty-group '
+configopts += '--disable-makeinstall-chown --disable-makeinstall-setuid '
+configopts += "--with-systemdsystemunitdir='${prefix}/systemd' "
+configopts += "--with-bashcompletiondir='${prefix}/share/bash-completion/completions' "
+# disable building Python bindings (since we don't include Python as a dep)
+configopts += "--without-python "
+
+dependencies = [('ncurses', '6.0')]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/lib%s.a' % x for x in ['blkid' , 'mount', 'uuid']],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'bin', 'share', 'sbin'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/x/X11/X11-20170314.eb b/x/X11/X11-20170314.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fddbf85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/X11/X11-20170314.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+easyblock = 'Bundle'
+
+name = 'X11'
+version = '20170314'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.x.org'
+description = "The X Window System (X11) is a windowing system for bitmap displays"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
+
+source_urls = [
+    XORG_LIB_SOURCE,
+    XORG_PROTO_SOURCE,
+    'http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/',
+    'http://xkbcommon.org/download/',
+    'http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/macros/snapshot',
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.6'),
+    ('fontconfig', '2.12.1', '-libpng-1.6.29'),
+    ('freetype', '2.7.1', '-libpng-1.6.29'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+]
+builddependencies = [
+    ('Autotools', '20150215'),
+    ('Bison', '3.0.4'),
+    ('gettext', '0.19.8.1'),
+    ('pkg-config', '0.29.2'),
+    # use same binutils version that was used when building GCCcore toolchain
+    ('binutils', '2.27', '', True),
+]
+
+default_easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+common_specs = {
+    'sources': [SOURCE_TAR_GZ],
+    'start_dir': '%(name)s-%(version)s',
+}
+components = [
+    ('xorg-macros', '1.19.1', {                             # 2017-01-29
+        'sources': ['util-macros-%(version)s.tar.gz'],
+        'start_dir': 'util-macros-%(version)s',
+    }),
+    ('libpthread-stubs', '0.4', common_specs),              # 2017-03-14
+    ('bigreqsproto', '1.1.2', common_specs),                # 2012-03-23
+    ('compositeproto', '0.4.2', common_specs),              # 2010-10-30
+    ('damageproto', '1.2.1', common_specs),                 # 2010-10-30
+    ('dmxproto', '2.3.1', common_specs),                    # 2011-01-06
+    ('dri2proto', '2.8', common_specs),                     # 2012-07-11
+    ('dri3proto', '1.0', common_specs),                     # 2013-11-01
+    ('fixesproto', '5.0', common_specs),                    # 2011-03-08
+    ('fontsproto', '2.1.3', common_specs),                  # 2014-04-14
+    ('glproto', '1.4.17', common_specs),                    # 2013-12-10
+    ('inputproto', '2.3.2', common_specs),                  # 2016-04-04
+    ('kbproto', '1.0.7', common_specs),                     # 2015-05-01
+    ('presentproto', '1.1', common_specs),                  # 2017-01-26
+    ('randrproto', '1.5.0', common_specs),                  # 2015-05-17
+    ('recordproto', '1.14.2', common_specs),                # 2012-03-23
+    ('renderproto', '0.11.1', common_specs),                # 2010-08-10
+    ('resourceproto', '1.2.0', common_specs),               # 2011-05-28
+    ('scrnsaverproto', '1.2.2', common_specs),              # 2012-03-23
+    ('videoproto', '2.3.3', common_specs),                  # 2016-03-11
+    ('xcmiscproto', '1.2.2', common_specs),                 # 2012-03-23
+    ('xextproto', '7.3.0', common_specs),                   # 2013-12-27
+    ('xf86bigfontproto', '1.2.0', common_specs),            # 2009-08-27
+    ('xf86dgaproto', '2.1', common_specs),                  # 2009-10-01
+    ('xf86driproto', '2.1.1', common_specs),                # 2011-01-06
+    ('xf86vidmodeproto', '2.3.1', common_specs),            # 2011-01-06
+    ('xineramaproto', '1.2.1', common_specs),               # 2011-01-06
+    ('xproto', '7.0.31', common_specs),                     # 2016-09-23
+    ('libXau', '1.0.8', common_specs),                      # 2013-05-24
+    ('libXdmcp', '1.1.2', common_specs),                    # 2015-03-21
+    ('xcb-proto', '1.12', common_specs),                    # 2016-05-18
+    ('libxcb', '1.12', common_specs),                       # 2016-05-18
+    ('xtrans', '1.3.5', common_specs),                      # 2014-09-22
+    ('libxkbcommon', '0.7.1', {                             # 2017-01-18
+        'sources': ['libxkbcommon-%(version)s.tar.xz'],
+        'start_dir': 'libxkbcommon-%(version)s',
+    }),
+    ('libX11', '1.6.5', common_specs),                      # 2017-02-26
+    ('libXext', '1.3.3', common_specs),                     # 2014-07-24
+    ('libFS', '1.0.7', common_specs),                       # 2015-05-01
+    ('libICE', '1.0.9', common_specs),                      # 2014-06-07
+    ('libSM', '1.2.2', common_specs),                       # 2013-09-08
+    ('libXScrnSaver', '1.2.2', common_specs),               # 2012-03-08
+    ('libXt', '1.1.5', common_specs),                       # 2015-05-01
+    ('libXmu', '1.1.2', common_specs),                      # 2013-09-08
+    ('libXpm', '3.5.12', common_specs),                     # 2016-12-15
+    ('libXaw', '1.0.13', common_specs),                     # 2015-05-01
+    ('libXfixes', '5.0.3', common_specs),                   # 2016-10-04
+    ('libXcomposite', '0.4.4', common_specs),               # 2013-01-03
+    ('libXrender', '0.9.10', common_specs),                 # 2016-10-04
+    ('libXcursor', '1.1.14', common_specs),                 # 2013-05-30
+    ('libXdamage', '1.1.4', common_specs),                  # 2013-01-03
+    ('libfontenc', '1.1.3', common_specs),                  # 2015-05-01
+    ('libXfont', '1.5.2', common_specs),                    # 2016-08-31
+    ('libXfont2', '2.0.1', common_specs),                   # 2015-12-11
+    ('libXft', '2.3.2', common_specs),                      # 2014-06-06
+    ('libXi', '1.7.9', common_specs),                       # 2017-01-23
+    ('libXinerama', '1.1.3', common_specs),                 # 2013-05-31
+    ('libXrandr', '1.5.1', common_specs),                   # 2016-10-04
+    ('libXres', '1.0.7', common_specs),                     # 2013-05-31
+    ('libXtst', '1.2.3', common_specs),                     # 2016-10-04
+    ('libXv', '1.0.11', common_specs),                      # 2016-10-04
+    ('libXvMC', '1.0.10', common_specs),                    # 2016-10-04
+    ('libXxf86dga', '1.1.4', common_specs),                 # 2013-05-31
+    ('libXxf86vm', '1.1.4', common_specs),                  # 2015-02-24
+    ('libdmx', '1.1.3', common_specs),                      # 2013-05-28
+    ('libpciaccess', '0.13.4', common_specs),               # 2015-05-01
+    ('libxkbfile', '1.0.9', common_specs),                  # 2015-05-01
+    ('libxshmfence', '1.2', common_specs),                  # 2015-01-02
+    ('xcb-util', '0.4.0', common_specs),                    # 2014-10-15
+    ('xcb-util-image', '0.4.0', common_specs),              # 2014-10-15
+    ('xcb-util-keysyms', '0.4.0', common_specs),            # 2014-10-01
+    ('xcb-util-renderutil', '0.3.9', common_specs),         # 2014-06-13
+    ('xcb-util-wm', '0.4.1', common_specs),                 # 2014-02-19
+    ('xcb-util-cursor', '0.1.3', common_specs),             # 2016-05-12
+]
+
+# Python is required for xcb-proto
+allow_system_deps = [('Python', SYS_PYTHON_VERSION)]
+pyshortver = '.'.join(SYS_PYTHON_VERSION.split('.')[0:2])
+
+preconfigopts = "if [ ! -f configure ]; then ./autogen.sh; fi && "
+
+# specify that Bundle easyblock should run a full sanity check, rather than just trying to load the module
+full_sanity_check = True
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['include/X11/Xlib.h', 'include/X11/Xutil.h'],
+    'dirs': ['include/GL', 'include/X11', 'include/X11/extensions', 'lib',
+             'lib/python%s/site-packages/xcbgen' % pyshortver, 'lib/pkgconfig', 'share/pkgconfig'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/x/XZ/XZ-5.2.2.eb b/x/XZ/XZ-5.2.2.eb
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/x/XZ/XZ-5.2.3.eb b/x/XZ/XZ-5.2.3.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ad2a344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/XZ/XZ-5.2.3.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'XZ'
+version = '5.2.3'
+
+homepage = 'http://tukaani.org/xz/'
+description = "xz: XZ utilities"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': 'dummy'}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+source_urls = ['http://tukaani.org/xz/']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('Autotools', '20150215'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('gettext', '0.19.4'),
+]
+
+# may become useful in non-x86 archs
+#configopts = ' --disable-assembler '
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ["bin/xz", "bin/lzmainfo"],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'