diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 442907e..85078d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,5 +36,4 @@ hs_err_pid*
 .project
 .settings/
 .vscode/
-PKGBUILD
 .claude/
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Maintainer: Cametendo cameronmathis08@gmail.com
+pkgname=cflash
+pkgver=1.0.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Small and lightweight image and iso flasher build on dd."
+arch=('any')
+url="https://github.com/cametendo/cflash-git"
+license=('MIT') 
+depends=('java-runtime>=21')
+makedepends=('java-environment>=21' 'maven')
+source=("cflash::git+https://github.com/cametendo/cflash-git.git")
+sha256sums=('SKIP')
+
+build() {
+  cd "$pkgname"
+  # using 'package' because pom.xml triggers the assembly plugin during this phase
+  mvn clean package
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$srcdir/cflash"
+  
+  # for some reason MAKEPKD won't accept my version, using the wildcard for literally anything if may find
+  install -Dm644 target/cflash-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/share/java/cflash/cflash.jar"
+
+  # Create the executable
+  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
+  cat <<EOF > "$pkgdir/usr/bin/cflash"
+#!/bin/sh
+exec /usr/bin/java -jar /usr/share/java/cflash/cflash.jar "\$@"
+EOF
+  # makes the program executable
+  chmod +x "$pkgdir/usr/bin/cflash"
+}
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