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+from setuptools import setup
+
+__project__ = "inkycal"
+__version__ = "2.0.0beta"
+__description__ = "Python3 software for syncing icalendar events, weather and news on selected E-Paper displays"
+__packages__ = ["inkycal"]
+__author__ = "aceisace"
+__author_email__ = "aceisace63@yahoo.com"
+__url__ = "https://github.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar"
+
+__install_requires__ = ['pyowm>=2.10.0',                  # weather
+                        'Pillow>=7.0.0' ,                 # imaging
+                        'icalendar==4.0.6',               # iCalendar parsing
+                        'recurring-ical-events==0.1.16b0',# parse recurring events
+                        'feedparser==5.2.1',              # parse RSS-feeds
+                        'numpy>=1.18.3',                  # image pre-processing
+                        'arrow>=0.15.6'                   # time handling
+                        ]
+
+__classifiers__ = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
+    "Intended Audience :: Education",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+]
+
+                
+setup(
+    name = __project__,
+    version = __version__,
+    description = __description__,
+    packages = __packages__,
+    author = __author__,
+    author_email  = __author_email__,
+    url = __url__,
+    install_requires = __install_requires__,
+    classifiers = __classifiers__,
+)