diff --git a/build_cfg/HERON b/build_cfg/HERON
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+../../HERON
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_cfg/MANIFEST.in b/build_cfg/MANIFEST.in
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+include HERON/LICENSE
+include HERON/NOTICE.txt
+include HERON/README.md
diff --git a/build_cfg/README b/build_cfg/README
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+To build this, use the build module in python:
+
+
+python3 -m ensurepip
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
+python3 -m build
+
+This will create packages in the dist directory.
diff --git a/build_cfg/pyproject.toml b/build_cfg/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/build_cfg/setup.cfg b/build_cfg/setup.cfg
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+[metadata]
+name = heron-ravenframework
+version = 0.5rc1
+description = HERON plugin for RAVEN framework
+long_description = file: HERON/README.md
+license_files = HERON/LICENSE HERON/NOTICE.txt
+url = https://github.com/idaholab/HERON
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts =
+   heron = HERON.src.main:main
+
+[options.package_data]
+HERON/templates =
+   *.xml
+HERON/src/Hybrid2Heron =
+   *.csv
+
+[options]
+packages =
+    HERON
+    HERON/src
+    HERON/src/dispatch
+    HERON/src/validators
+    HERON/src/ValuedParams
+    HERON/src/Hybrid2Heron
+    HERON/src/TransferFuncs
+    HERON/templates
+python_requires = >=3.9
+
+install_requires =
+   raven_framework >=3.1rc1
+   teal_ravenframework
+   dill==0.3.5
+   pyomo==6.4
+   networkx
+   pyutilib