diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+recursive-include freecad/LaserCladdingWorkbench/resources *
diff --git a/freecad/LaserCladdingWorkbench/version.py b/freecad/LaserCladdingWorkbench/version.py
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+__version__ = "0.1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup
+import os
+from freecad.LaserCladdingWorkbench.version import __version__
+# name: this is the name of the distribution.
+# Packages using the same name here cannot be installed together
+
+version_path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
+                            "freecad", "LaserCladdingWorkbench", "version.py")
+with open(version_path) as fp:
+    exec(fp.read())
+
+setup(name='freecad.LaserCladdingWorkbench',
+      version=str(__version__),
+      packages=['freecad',
+                'freecad.LaserCladdingWorkbench'],
+      maintainer="jk",
+      maintainer_email="jk@postly.de",
+      url="https://github.com/jkur/freecad-lasercladding-workbench",
+      description="Workbench for LaserCladding Applications ",
+      install_requires=['numpy', 'rpd', 'PythonSLM'], # should be satisfied by FreeCAD's system dependencies already
+      include_package_data=True)