switch setuptools back to distutils

python/install.py

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ print("Installing LAMMPS Python package version %s into site-packages folder" %
 # we need to switch to the folder of the python package
 os.chdir(os.path.dirname(args.package))
 
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from distutils.core import setup
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
 import site
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ setup_kwargs= dict(name="lammps",
         url="https://lammps.sandia.gov",
         description="LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Python package",
         license="GPL",
-        packages=find_packages(),
+        packages=["lammps","lammps.mliap"],
         )
 
 tryuser=False

python/setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # this only installs the LAMMPS python package
 # it assumes the LAMMPS shared library is already installed
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from distutils.core import setup
 import os
 
 LAMMPS_PYTHON_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ setup(
     url = "https://lammps.sandia.gov",
     description = "LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Python package",
     license = "GPL",
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=["lammps","lammps.mliap"],
 )