setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
#from setuptools.dist import Distribution
import os
import re

# Why? See:
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45150304/how-to-force-a-python-wheel-to-be-platform-specific-when-building-it
try:
    from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel as _bdist_wheel
    class bdist_wheel(_bdist_wheel):
        def finalize_options(self):
            _bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self)
            self.root_is_pure = False
except ImportError:
    bdist_wheel = None


# Get the long description from the README.
with open('README.md') as f:
    long_description = f.read()


# Get the Tesseract version from its source code.
tesseract_version=None
with open('tesseract-src/api/baseapi.h') as f:
    for line in f.readlines():
        if re.search('TESSERACT_VERSION_STR', line) is not None:
            tesseract_version=line.strip().split(' ')[-1].strip('"')
            break
if tesseract_version is None:
    raise Exception('Could not get Tesseract version. Does tesseract/api/baseapi.h exist?')


# Configure the package data files to include.
package_data_files = []

for dir_path, _, file_names in os.walk('tesseract_python/tesseract'):
    # Slim down the package by removing man pages.
    if 'share/man' in dir_path:
        continue
    path_elements = dir_path.split(os.sep)[1:]
    for f in file_names:
        # Slim down the package by removing unused bins.
        if f == 'libtesseract.la' or f == 'libtesseract.a':
            continue
        fpath = os.sep.join(path_elements + [f])
        package_data_files.append(fpath)

package_data = { 'tesseract_python': package_data_files }


# Get the dependency list.
with open('requirements.txt') as f:
    dependencies = [ req for req in f.readlines() ]


# Setup
setup(
    name='tesseract-python',
    version=tesseract_version,
    url='https://github.com/ic/tesseract-python',
    license='MIT',
    description='Self-contained Python module to Tesseract.',
    long_description=long_description,
    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
    cmdclass={'bdist_wheel': bdist_wheel},
    packages=find_packages(),
    package_data=package_data,
    install_requires=dependencies,
    include_package_data=True,
    #eager_resources=package_data_files,
    classifiers=[
        'Environment :: Console',
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'Intended Audience :: Education',
        'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
        'Operating System :: POSIX',
        'Operating System :: Unix',
        'Programming Language :: Python',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
        'Programming Language :: C++',
        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
        'Topic :: Software Development',
    ],
    maintainer='Eric Platon',
    maintainer_email='zaraki@gmx.com'
)