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-# Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Martin Donath <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
-
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
-# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
-# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
-# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
-# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
-# IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-import sys
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Do not use – only provided for compatibility
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-sys.stderr.write(
-    """
-===============================
-Unsupported installation method
-===============================
-This version of mkdocs-material no longer supports
-installation with `python setup.py install`.
-Please use `python -m pip install .` instead.
-"""
-)
-sys.exit(1)
-
-# The below code will never execute, however GitHub is particularly
-# picky about where it finds Python packaging metadata.
-# See: https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/6456
-with open("requirements.txt") as f:
-    install_requires = [
-        line for line in f.read().split("\n")
-            if line and not line.startswith("#")
-    ]
-
-setup(
-    name = "mkdocs-material",
-    install_requires = install_requires,
-)