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+""" Setup script for mlp package. """
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(
+    name = "mlp",
+    author = "Pawel Swietojanski",
+    description = ("Neural network framework for University of Edinburgh "
+                   "School of Informatics Machine Learning Practical course."),
+    url = "https://github.com/CSTR-Edinburgh/mlpractical",
+    packages=['mlp']
+)
+