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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+setup(name='pysparc',
+      version='0.2',
+      packages=find_packages(),
+      url='http://github.com/hisparc/pysparc/',
+      bugtrack_url='http://github.com/HiSPARC/pysparc/issues',
+      license='GPLv3',
+      author='David Fokkema, et al.',
+      author_email='davidf@nikhef.nl',
+      maintainer='HiSPARC',
+      maintainer_email='beheer@hisparc.nl',
+      description='Controlling HiSPARC hardware from python',
+      long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+      keywords=['HiSPARC', 'Nikhef', 'cosmic rays'],
+      classifiers=['Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+                   'Intended Audience :: Education',
+                   'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+                   'Programming Language :: Python',
+                   'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+                   'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
+                   'Topic :: Education',
+                   'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)'],
+      scripts=['bin/muonlab_with_http_api'],
+      package_data={'pysparc': ['firmware.rbf', 'config.ini']},
+      install_requires=['tables', 'flask', 'redis', 'mock', 'pylibftdi',
+                        'atom', 'lazy', 'requests'])