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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='rtmbot',
+            version='1.0',
+            description='A Slack bot written in python that connects via the RTM API.',
+            author='Ryan Huber',
+            author_email='rhuber@gmail.com',
+            url='https://github.com/slackhq/python-rtmbot',
+            packages=['rtmbot'],
+     )