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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+except ImportError:
+    from distribute_setup import use_setuptools
+    use_setuptools()
+    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+from cloudmonkey import __version__
+
+name = 'cloudmonkey'
+version = __version__
+
+setup(
+    name = name,
+    version = version,
+    author = "The Apache CloudStack Team",
+    author_email = "cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org",
+    maintainer = "Rohit Yadav",
+    maintainer_email = "bhaisaab@apache.org",
+    url = "http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack",
+    description = "Command Line Interface for Apache CloudStack",
+    license = 'ASL 2.0',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=['clint'],
+    include_package_data = True,
+    zip_safe = False,
+    classifiers = [
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Environment :: Console",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
+        "Topic :: Software Development :: Interpreters",
+        "Topic :: Utilities",
+    ],
+    entry_points="""
+    [console_scripts]
+    cloudmonkey = cloudmonkey:main
+    """,
+)