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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+with open("Readme.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setup(
+    name="KorAPClient",
+    version="0.0.1",
+    author="Marc Kupietz",
+    author_email="kupietz@ids-mannheim.de",
+    description="Client package to access KorAP's web service API",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://korap.ids-mannheim.de",
+    license="BSD",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+    test_suite='nose.collector',
+    tests_require=['nose'],
+    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    install_requires=[
+        'rpy2',
+        'plotly-express',
+        'pandas',
+        'markdown'
+    ]
+)