setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import os


with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
    long_description = fh.read()
#base dependencies
#NOTE: gcc compiler is needed to install some packages
dependecies=['numpy', 'yt', 'trident', 'spectacle', 'matplotlib', 'pandas',
             'scipy', 'mpi4py']

setup(name="astro-salsa",
      version="1.0.0",
      description = ("Synthetic absorber catalog generator from astrophysical simulations"),
      long_description=long_description,
      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
      author="Brendan Boyd",
      author_email="boyd.brendan@stonybrook.edu",
      license="BSD 3-Clause",
      keywords = ["simulation", "spectra", "astronomy", "astrophysics"],
      url="https://github.com/biboyd/SALSA",
      packages=find_packages(),
      classifiers=[ "Programming Language :: Python :: 3"],
      install_requires=dependecies)