diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+cocluto.egg-info
+__pycache__
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='cocluto',
+    version=1.00,
+    description='compute cluster utility tools',
+    url='https://git.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr/graffy/cocluto',
+    author='Guillaume Raffy',
+    author_email='guillaume.raffy@univ-rennes1.fr',
+    license='MIT',
+    packages=['cocluto'],
+    zip_safe=False)