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+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='solventmapcreator',
+      version='0.1',
+      description='python scripts for generating solvent maps and analysing solvation curves.',
+      url='https://bitbucket.org/mdd31/solventmapcreator',
+      author='Mark Driver',
+      author_email='mdd31@cam.ac.uk',
+      license='TBD',
+      packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+      package_data={'test/resources':['test/resources']},
+      zip_safe=False)