diff --git a/.conda/build.sh b/.conda/build.sh
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+export JULIAUP_DEPOT_PATH=$CONDA_PREFIX/share/julia
+juliaup update
+python -c "from pyrms import rms"
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diff --git a/.conda/meta.yaml b/.conda/meta.yaml
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+#for conda build
+package:
+  name: pyrms
+  version: {{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG', '') }}
+
+source:
+  path: ../
+
+build:
+  number: {{ environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER', 0) }}
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - pyjuliacall
+    - rmgmolecule
+    - rdkit >=2015.09.2
+    - setuptools
+    - juliaup
+    - numpy
+  run:
+    - pydot
+    - yaml
+    - pyjuliacall
+    - rmgmolecule >=0.3
+    - rdkit >=2015.09.2
+    - juliaup
+    - jupyter
+    - matplotlib 
+    - nose
+test:
+  imports:
+    - pyrms
+  commands:
+    - nosetests pyrms/rmsTest.py # [unix]
+about:
+  home: http://github.com/ReactionMechanismGenerator/pyrms
+  license: MIT
+  summary: "A program for simulating and analyzing kinetic models of chemical reaction mechanisms."