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+import io
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import setuptools
+
+# subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "Cython"])
+# try:
+#    from numpy import get_include
+# except ImportError:
+#    subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "numpy ==1.21.6"])
+#    from numpy import get_include
+
+
+# Package meta-data.
+NAME = "TSInterpret"
+DESCRIPTION = "todo"
+LONG_DESCRIPTION_CONTENT_TYPE = "text/markdown"
+URL = "https://ipe-wim-gitlab.fzi.de/hoellig/interpretabilitytimeseries"
+EMAIL = "hoellig@fzi.de"
+AUTHOR = "Jacqueline Hoellig"
+REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.6.0"
+
+# Package requirements.
+base_packages = [
+    # "mlrose @ https://github.com/gkhayes/mlrose/archive/refs/heads/master.zip",
+    # "mlrose>=1.3.0,< 2.0",
+    "scikit-learn==1.3.0",
+    # "scikit-surprise==1.1.1",
+    "torch>=1.13.0,<3.0",
+    "pandas<=3.0.0",
+    "numpy>=1.21.6,< 2.0",
+    "tqdm>=4.61.2, < 4.66.0",
+    "h5py",  # todo add version
+    "joblib>=1.0.1,< 2.0",
+    # "lime==0.2.0.1",
+    "Markdown==3.3.4,< 4.0",
+    "matplotlib>=3.3.4,< 4.0",
+    "partd==1.2.0",
+    "pytz>=2021.3",
+    "shap>=0.39.0,< 1.0",
+    "tensorflow>=2.9.1,< 3.0",
+    "keras>=2.9.0,< 3.0",
+    "tsfresh>=0.18.0,< 1.0",
+    "tslearn>= 0.5.2,< 1.0",
+    "seaborn>=0.11.2,< 1.0",
+    "scikit_optimize>=0.9.0,< 1.0",
+    "torchcam>=0.3.1,< 1.0",
+    "tf_explain>=0.3.1,< 1.0",
+    "opencv-python==4.6.0.66",
+    "captum>= 0.5.0,< 1.0",
+    "pyts>=0.12.0,< 1.0",
+    "deprecated==1.2.13",
+    "pymop",
+    "deap",
+    "wheel",
+]
+
+dev_packages = base_packages + [
+    "flake8>=5.0.4,< 6.0",
+    "isort==5.9.3",
+    "mypy>=0.761,< 1.0",
+    "pre-commit>=2.9.2,< 3.0",
+    "pytest>= 6.2.5",
+    "pytest-cov>=2.6.1,< 3.0",
+    "pyupgrade>=3.2.0,< 4.0",
+    # "mlrose @ https://github.com/gkhayes/mlrose/archive/refs/heads/master.zip"
+]
+
+docs_packages = [
+    "flask>=2.0.2,< 3.0",
+    "ipykernel>=6.9.0,< 7.0",
+    "mike>=0.5.3,< 1.0",
+    "mkdocs>=1.2.3,< 2.0",
+    "mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin>=2.7.0,< 3.0",
+    "mkdocs-gen-files>=0.3.5,< 1.0",
+    "mkdocs-literate-nav>=0.4.1,< 1.0",
+    "mkdocs-material>=8.1.11,< 9.0",
+    "mkdocstrings[python]>=0.19.0,< 1.0",
+    "pytkdocs[numpy-style]>=0.5.0,< 1.0",
+    "ipython_genutils>=0.1.0,< 1.0",
+    "mkdocs-jupyter>=0.20.0,< 1.0",
+    "mkdocs-bibtex==2.8.1",
+    "nbconvert==6.4.2",
+    "numpydoc==1.2",
+    "spacy==3.2.2",
+    "jinja2==3.0.3",
+]
+
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# Import the README and use it as the long-description.
+with io.open(os.path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    long_description = "\n" + f.read()
+
+# Load the package's __version__.py module as a dictionary.
+about = {}
+with open(os.path.join(here, NAME, "__version__.py")) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
+
+# Where the magic happens:
+setuptools.setup(
+    name=NAME,
+    version=about["__version__"],
+    description=DESCRIPTION,
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type=LONG_DESCRIPTION_CONTENT_TYPE,
+    author=AUTHOR,
+    author_email=EMAIL,
+    python_requires=REQUIRES_PYTHON,
+    url=URL,
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=("tests",)),
+    install_requires=base_packages,
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": dev_packages,
+        "test": dev_packages,
+        "docs": docs_packages,
+        "all": dev_packages + docs_packages,
+        ":python_version == '3.8'": ["dataclasses"],
+    },
+    include_package_data=True,
+    license="BSD-3",
+    classifiers=[
+        # Trove classifiers
+        # Full list: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+    ],
+    ext_modules=[],
+)
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