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+import setuptools
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="qiskit_quantum_knn",
+    version="0.0.1",
+    author="Daniël J. Kok",
+    author_email="djonatankok@gmail.com",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/GroenteLepel/qiskit-quantum-knn",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Environment :: Console",
+        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+        "Operating System :: Unix",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
+    ],
+    python_requires='>=3.6'
+)