args:
args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "figlet-222";

  # some tools can be found here ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/util/
  src = args.fetchurl {
    url = ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/unix/figlet222.tar.gz;
    sha256 = "1y22hhwxhnwd6yrjgl5p3p44r22xzrhv9cksj58n85laac6jdfhs";
  };

  buildInputs =(with args; []);
  preConfigure = ''
    ensureDir $out/{man/man6,bin}
    makeFlags="DESTDIR=$out/bin MANDIR=$out/man/man6 DEFAULTFONTDIR=$out/share/figlet"
  '';

  meta = { 
      description="program for making large letters out of ordinary text";
      homepage = http://www.figlet.org/;
      license = "AFL-2.1";
  };
}