diff --git a/packages/package_fastx_toolkit_0_0_14/.shed.yml b/packages/package_fastx_toolkit_0_0_14/.shed.yml
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+categories:
+- Tool Dependency Packages
+description: Contains a tool dependency definition that downloads and compiles version
+  0.0.14 of the fastx toolkit.
+name: package_fastx_toolkit_0_0_14
+owner: iuc
+remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/master/packages/package_fastx_toolkit_0_0_14
+type: tool_dependency_definition
diff --git a/packages/package_fastx_toolkit_0_0_14/tool_dependencies.xml b/packages/package_fastx_toolkit_0_0_14/tool_dependencies.xml
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index 00000000000..6b8fafae934
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<tool_dependency>
+    <package name="libgtextutils" version="0.7">
+        <repository name="package_libgtextutils_0_7" owner="iuc" prior_installation_required="True" />
+    </package>
+    <package name="fastx_toolkit" version="0.0.14">
+        <install version="1.0">
+            <actions_group>
+                <actions architecture="x86_64" os="darwin">
+                    <action type="download_by_url" sha256sum="9e1f00c4c9f286be59ac0e07ddb7504f3b6433c93c5c7941d6e3208306ff5806">https://github.com/agordon/fastx_toolkit/releases/download/0.0.14/fastx_toolkit-0.0.14.tar.bz2</action>
+                    <action type="set_environment_for_install">
+                        <repository name="package_libgtextutils_0_7" owner="iuc" prior_installation_required="True">
+                            <package name="libgtextutils" version="0.7" />
+                        </repository>
+                    </action>
+                    <action type="shell_command"><![CDATA[
+                    CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++" &&
+                    ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-wall && make && make install ]]></action>
+                    <action type="set_environment">
+                        <environment_variable name="PATH" action="prepend_to">$INSTALL_DIR/bin</environment_variable>
+                    </action>
+                </actions>
+                <actions>
+                    <action type="download_by_url" sha256sum="9e1f00c4c9f286be59ac0e07ddb7504f3b6433c93c5c7941d6e3208306ff5806">https://github.com/agordon/fastx_toolkit/releases/download/0.0.14/fastx_toolkit-0.0.14.tar.bz2</action>
+                    <action type="set_environment_for_install">
+                        <repository name="package_libgtextutils_0_7" owner="iuc" prior_installation_required="True">
+                            <package name="libgtextutils" version="0.7" />
+                        </repository>
+                    </action>
+                    <action type="autoconf">--disable-wall</action>
+                    <action type="set_environment">
+                        <environment_variable name="PATH" action="prepend_to">$INSTALL_DIR/bin</environment_variable>
+                    </action>
+                </actions>
+            </actions_group>
+        </install>
+        <readme>
+            The FASTX-Toolkit is a collection of command line tools for Short-Reads FASTA/FASTQ files preprocessing.
+        </readme>
+    </package>
+</tool_dependency>
diff --git a/packages/package_libgtextutils_0_7/.shed.yml b/packages/package_libgtextutils_0_7/.shed.yml
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index 00000000000..59ecef069c6
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+categories:
+- Tool Dependency Packages
+description: Contains a tool dependency definition that downloads and compiles version
+  0.7 of the gtextutils libraries.
+name: package_libgtextutils_0_7
+owner: iuc
+remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-devteam/tree/master/packages/package_libgtextutils_0_7
+type: tool_dependency_definition
diff --git a/packages/package_libgtextutils_0_7/tool_dependencies.xml b/packages/package_libgtextutils_0_7/tool_dependencies.xml
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index 00000000000..d05c14a4e5d
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+++ b/packages/package_libgtextutils_0_7/tool_dependencies.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<tool_dependency>
+    <package name="libgtextutils" version="0.7">
+        <install version="1.0">
+            <actions>
+                <action type="download_by_url" sha256sum="792e0ea3c96ffe3ad65617a104b7dc50684932bc96d2adab501c952fd65c3e4a">https://github.com/agordon/libgtextutils/releases/download/0.7/libgtextutils-0.7.tar.gz</action>
+                <!-- Some versions of GCC warn about a variable being set but not used, and fail due to -Werror -->
+                <action type="autoconf">--disable-wall</action>
+                <action type="set_environment">
+                    <environment_variable name="PKG_CONFIG_PATH" action="prepend_to">$INSTALL_DIR/lib/pkgconfig</environment_variable>
+                </action>
+            </actions>
+        </install>
+        <readme>
+        </readme>
+    </package>
+</tool_dependency>