diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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 *~
-*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
+*.pyc
+MANIFEST
+dist/
+output/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include README LICENSE
+recursive-include themes/default *
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+import sys
+
+requires = ['imaging', 'jinja2', 'docutils']
+if sys.version_info < (2,7):
+    requires.append('argparse')
+
+setup(
+    name = 'sigal',
+    version = '0.1',
+    description = 'simple static gallery generator',
+    long_description =
+    '''
+    sigal is yet another python script to prepare a static gallery of images:
+
+    * resize images, create thumbnails with some options (squared thumbs, ...).
+    * generate html pages.
+    ''',
+    url = 'https://github.com/saimn/sigal',
+    author = 'Simon C.',
+    author_email = 'contact@saimon.org',
+    license = 'GPLv3',
+    requires = requires,
+    # install_requires  =  requires,
+    packages = ['sigal'],
+    scripts = ['bin/sigal'],
+    )
+