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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os, glob, sys
+import os.path
+from shutil import copyfile
+from setuptools import find_namespace_packages
+from setuptools import setup
+
+# handle flags for package manager like aurman and pacaur.
+# Allow both environment variable and command line flag
+forceSettingsFlag = (
+    "--force-settings" in sys.argv or
+    os.environ.get('FENRIR_FORCE_SETTINGS') == '1'
+)
+if "--force-settings" in sys.argv:
+    sys.argv.remove("--force-settings")
+
+dataFiles = []
+
+# Handle locale files
+localeFiles = glob.glob('locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo')
+for localeFile in localeFiles:
+    lang = localeFile.split(os.sep)[1]
+    destDir = f'/usr/share/locale/{lang}/LC_MESSAGES'
+    dataFiles.append((destDir, [localeFile]))
+
+# Handle other configuration files
+directories = glob.glob('config/*')
+for directory in directories:
+    files = glob.glob(directory+'/*')
+    destDir = ''
+    if 'config/punctuation' in directory :
+        destDir = '/etc/fenrirscreenreader/punctuation'
+    elif 'config/keyboard' in directory:
+        destDir = '/etc/fenrirscreenreader/keyboard'
+    elif 'config/settings' in directory:
+        destDir = '/etc/fenrirscreenreader/settings'
+        if not forceSettingsFlag:
+            try:
+                files = [f for f in files if not f.endswith('settings.conf')]
+            except:
+                pass
+    elif 'config/scripts' in directory:
+        destDir = '/usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/scripts'
+    if destDir != '':
+        dataFiles.append((destDir, files))
+
+files = glob.glob('config/sound/default/*')
+destDir = '/usr/share/sounds/fenrirscreenreader/default'
+dataFiles.append((destDir, files))
+files = glob.glob('config/sound//template/*')
+destDir = '/usr/share/sounds/fenrirscreenreader/template'
+dataFiles.append((destDir, files))
+files = glob.glob('tools/*') 
+dataFiles.append(('/usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools', files))
+dataFiles.append(('/usr/share/man/man1', ['docs/fenrir.1']))
+
+def read(fname):
+    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
+
+setup(
+    # Include additional files into the package
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=False,
+
+    data_files=dataFiles,
+)
+
+
+print('')
+print('To have Fenrir start at boot:')
+print('sudo systemctl enable fenrir')
+print('Pulseaudio users may want to run:')
+print('/usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pulse.sh')
+print('once as their user account and once as root to configure Pulseaudio.')
+print('Please install the following packages manually:')
+print('- Speech-dispatcher: for the default speech driver')
+print('- Espeak: as basic TTS engine')
+print('- sox: is a player for the generic sound driver')