need setup file. . .

setup.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+# setup.py
+# only if building in place: ``python setup.py build_ext --inplace``
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import platform
+import subprocess
+import setuptools
+
+#######
+# This forces wheels to be platform specific
+from setuptools.dist import Distribution
+from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel as _bdist_wheel
+
+class bdist_wheel(_bdist_wheel):
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        _bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self)
+        self.root_is_pure = False
+
+class BinaryDistribution(Distribution):
+    """Distribution which always forces a binary package with platform name"""
+    def has_ext_modules(foo):
+        return True
+#######
+
+def run_meson_build(staging_dir):
+    prefix = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), staging_dir)
+    purelibdir = "."
+
+    # check if meson extra args are specified
+    meson_args = ""
+    if "MESON_ARGS" in os.environ:
+        meson_args = os.environ["MESON_ARGS"]
+
+    if platform.system() == "Windows":
+        if "FC" not in os.environ:
+            os.environ["FC"] = "gfortran"
+        if "CC" not in os.environ:
+            os.environ["CC"] = "gcc"
+
+    # configure
+    meson_path = shutil.which("meson")
+    if meson_path is None:
+        raise OSError("The meson command cannot be found on the system")
+
+    meson_call = [meson_path, "setup", staging_dir, "--wipe",
+                  f"--prefix={prefix}", f"-Dpython.purelibdir={purelibdir}",
+                  f"-Dpython.platlibdir={purelibdir}"] + meson_args.split()
+    meson_call = [m for m in meson_call if m.strip() != ""]
+    print(meson_call)
+    p1 = subprocess.run(meson_call, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    os.makedirs(staging_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    setup_log = os.path.join(staging_dir, "setup.log")
+    with open(setup_log, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(p1.stdout)
+    if p1.returncode != 0:
+        with open(setup_log, "r") as f:
+            print(f.read())
+        raise OSError(meson_call, f"The meson setup command failed! Check the log at {setup_log} for more information.")
+
+    # build
+    meson_call = [meson_path, "compile", "-vC", staging_dir]
+    meson_call = [m for m in meson_call if m != ""]
+    print(meson_call)
+    p2 = subprocess.run(meson_call, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    compile_log = os.path.join(staging_dir, "compile.log")
+    with open(compile_log, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(p2.stdout)
+    if p2.returncode != 0:
+        with open(compile_log, "r") as f:
+            print(f.read())
+        raise OSError(meson_call, f"The meson compile command failed! Check the log at {compile_log} for more information.")
+
+
+def copy_shared_libraries():
+    build_path = os.path.join(staging_dir, "pyhams")
+    for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(build_path):
+        for file in files:
+            # move pyhams libraries to just under staging_dir
+            if file.endswith((".so", ".lib", ".pyd", ".pdb", ".dylib", ".dll")):
+                if ".so.p" in root or ".pyd.p" in root:  # excludes intermediate object files
+                    continue
+                file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
+                new_path = str(file_path)
+                match = re.search(staging_dir, new_path)
+                new_path = new_path[match.span()[1] + 1 :]
+                print(f"Copying build file {file_path} -> {new_path}")
+                shutil.copy(file_path, new_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # This is where the meson build system will install to, it is then
+    # used as the sources for setuptools
+    staging_dir = "meson_build"
+
+    # this keeps the meson build system from running more than once
+    if "dist" not in str(os.path.abspath(__file__)):
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
+        run_meson_build(staging_dir)
+        os.chdir(cwd)
+        copy_shared_libraries()
+
+    # docs_require = ""
+    # req_txt = os.path.join("doc", "requirements.txt")
+    # if os.path.isfile(req_txt):
+    #    with open(req_txt) as f:
+    #        docs_require = f.read().splitlines()
+
+    #init_file = os.path.join("wisdem", "__init__.py")
+    # __version__ = re.findall(
+    #    r"""__version__ = ["']+([0-9\.]*)["']+""",
+    #    open(init_file).read(),
+    # )[0]
+
+    setuptools.setup(cmdclass={'bdist_wheel': bdist_wheel}, distclass=BinaryDistribution)