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+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+# read the contents of README file
+from os import path
+from io import open  # for Python 2 and 3 compatibility
+
+# get __version__ from _version.py
+ver_file = path.join('kgwas', 'version.py')
+with open(ver_file) as f:
+    exec(f.read())
+
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+# read the contents of README.md
+def readme():
+    with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+# read the contents of requirements.txt
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'requirements.txt'),
+          encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    requirements = f.read().splitlines()
+
+setup(name='KGWAS',
+      version=__version__,
+      license='MIT',
+      description='KGWAS',
+      long_description=readme(),
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+      url='https://github.com/snap-stanford/KGWAS',
+      author='KGWAS Team',
+      author_email='kexinh@stanford.edu',
+      packages=find_packages(exclude=['test']),
+      zip_safe=False,
+      include_package_data=True,
+      install_requires=requirements,
+      setup_requires=['setuptools>=38.6.0']
+      )