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+"""Python program, based on Prody, for pathogenicity prediction of human missense variants.
+See:
+https://github.com/prody/rhapsody
+"""
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from os import path
+from io import open
+
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+setup(
+    name='rhapsody',
+    version='1.0.0',
+    description='Python program, based on Prody, for pathogenicity prediction of human missense variants.',  
+    long_description=long_description, 
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown', 
+    url='https://github.com/prody/rhapsody',
+    author='Luca Ponzoni', 
+    author_email='ponzoniluca@gmail.com',  
+    classifiers=[ 
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+
+        'Intended Audience :: Biologists',
+        'Topic :: Genetics :: SAV Identification',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+    ],
+    keywords='SAV missense variant protein dynamics',  
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),  
+    python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, <4',
+    install_requires=['prody', 'numpy', 'biopython'], 
+
+    project_urls={  
+        'Bug Reports': 'https://github.com/luponzo86/rhapsody/issues',
+        'Source': 'https://github.com/prody/rhapsody/',
+    },
+)
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