Index: wflow-py/setup.py
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diff -u -r5a61603915d87c16ec04d083c314805c86318984 -ra8d604bbbafdb423ab3e8a21ed4db37e4d8ab032
--- wflow-py/setup.py	(.../setup.py)	(revision 5a61603915d87c16ec04d083c314805c86318984)
+++ wflow-py/setup.py	(.../setup.py)	(revision a8d604bbbafdb423ab3e8a21ed4db37e4d8ab032)
@@ -1,66 +1,47 @@
 import os
+from setuptools import setup
+import versioneer
 
+# since pcraster cannot be installed with pip, we check it like this
 try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
-from setuptools import find_packages
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-README = open(os.path.join(here, '../README.rst')).read()
-TODO = open(os.path.join(here, 'TODO.txt')).read()
-
-
-
-try:
-    import osgeo
-except:
-    print("Could not import osgeo (gdal), make sure it is installed")
-
-try:
-    import netCDF4
-except:
-    print("Could not import netCDF4, make sure it is installed")
-
-try:
     import pcraster
 except:
-    print("Could not import pcraster, make sure it is installed including the python extensions")
+    print(
+        "Could not import pcraster, make sure it is installed including the python extensions"
+    )
     print("see www.pcraster.eu")
 
-try:
-    import pyproj
-except:
-    print("Could not import pyproj, make sure it is installed")
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(os.path.join(here, "../README.rst")) as f:
+    README = f.read()
 
-try:
-    import matplotlib
-except:
-    print("Could not import matplotlib, make sure it is installed")
-
-try:
-    import versioneer
-except:
-    print("Could not import versioneer, make sure it is installed")
-
-# Source dist
-setup(name='wflow',version=versioneer.get_version().split('+')[0],
-      cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),	
-      #version= MVERSION,
-      packages=['wflow','wflow.pcrglobwb','wflow.sphy','wflow.wrappers.rtc'],
-      package_dir={'wflow': 'wflow'},
-      author='J. Schellekens',
-      author_email='jaap.schellekens@deltares.nl',
-      url='http://www.openstreams.nl',
-      license = "GPL",
-      zip_safe = False,
-      scripts=['Scripts/pcr2netcdf.py','Scripts/tss2xml.py','Scripts/wflow_subcatch.py',
-               'wflow/wflow_extract.py','wflow/wflow_sceleton.py',
-               'wflow/wflow_gr4.py','wflow/plottss.py','wflow/wflow_wave.py', 'wflow/wflow_topoflex.py',
-               'wflow/wflow_cqf.py','wflow/wflow_floodmap.py','wflow/wflow_upscale.py',
-               'wflow/wflow_fit.py','wflow/wflow_adapt.py','wflow/wflow_delwaq.py',
-               'Scripts/wflow_prepare_step1.py','Scripts/wflow_prepare_step2.py',
-               'wflow/wflow_sbm.py','wflow/wflow_hbv.py','wflow/wflow_w3ra.py',
-               'wflow/wflow_upscale.py','wflow/wflow_routing.py','Scripts/bmi2runner.py'],
-      description='the wflow hydrological models (part of OpenStreams)',
-      )
\ No newline at end of file
+setup(
+    name='wflow',
+    description='the wflow hydrological models (part of OpenStreams)',
+    long_description=README,
+    author='J. Schellekens',
+    author_email='jaap.schellekens@deltares.nl',
+    url='http://wflow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/',
+    license="GPL",
+    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    install_requires=[
+        'numpy',
+        'osgeo',
+        'netCDF4',
+        'pyproj',
+    ],
+    version=versioneer.get_version().split('+')[0],
+    cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
+    packages=['wflow', 'wflow.pcrglobwb',
+              'wflow.sphy', 'wflow.wrappers.rtc'],
+    package_dir={'wflow': 'wflow'},
+    zip_safe=False,
+    scripts=['Scripts/pcr2netcdf.py', 'Scripts/tss2xml.py', 'Scripts/wflow_subcatch.py',
+            'wflow/wflow_extract.py', 'wflow/wflow_sceleton.py',
+            'wflow/wflow_gr4.py', 'wflow/plottss.py', 'wflow/wflow_wave.py', 'wflow/wflow_topoflex.py',
+            'wflow/wflow_cqf.py', 'wflow/wflow_floodmap.py', 'wflow/wflow_upscale.py',
+            'wflow/wflow_fit.py', 'wflow/wflow_adapt.py', 'wflow/wflow_delwaq.py',
+            'Scripts/wflow_prepare_step1.py', 'Scripts/wflow_prepare_step2.py',
+            'wflow/wflow_sbm.py', 'wflow/wflow_hbv.py', 'wflow/wflow_w3ra.py',
+            'wflow/wflow_upscale.py', 'wflow/wflow_routing.py', 'Scripts/bmi2runner.py'],
+)