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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(
+    name='linspector',
+    version='0.12.1-alpha',
+    packages=['bin', 'linspector', 'linspector.core', 'linspector.tasks', 'linspector.config', 'linspector.backends',
+              'linspector.services', 'linspector.services.etc', 'linspector.services.net', 'linspector.services.ssh',
+              'linspector.services.http', 'linspector.services.snmp',
+              'linspector.frontends'],
+    url='http://linspector.org',
+    license='AGPLv3',
+    author='hanez',
+    author_email='you@hanez.org',
+    description='linspector is for monitoring the vital information of hosts, services and devices in a network'
+)