new version tested by using pypi to install!

modified:   .gitignore
	modified:   README.md
	modified:   setup.py

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 venv
+venv2
+build
 virt_back.egg-info
 
 *.tar

README.md

@@ -57,7 +57,39 @@ Options:
     --create-all        attempt to start ALL guests
 ```
 
-How to backup zfs snapshot all KVM instances on a TrueNAS Scale, 
+
+## Dependencies
+
+Before installing `virt-back`, you need to ensure that the necessary development libraries for `libvirt` are installed on your system. These libraries are required for the `libvirt-python` package, which `virt-back` depends on.
+
+### Fedora/RedHat
+
+On Fedora or RedHat-based systems, you can install the `libvirt-devel` package using `dnf`:
+
+```bash
+sudo dnf install libvirt-devel
+```
+
+### Ubuntu/Debian
+
+On Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, you can install the `libvirt-dev` package using `apt-get`:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install libvirt-dev
+```
+
+### Installing `virt-back`
+
+Once the necessary development libraries are installed, you can install `virt-back` using `pip`:
+
+```bash
+pip install virt-back
+```
+
+This will install `virt-back` along with its dependencies, including `libvirt-python`.
+
+
+## How to backup zfs snapshot all KVM instances on a TrueNAS Scale, 
 
 ```
 root@guile[/mnt/downloads/virt-back]# ./virt-back -u "qemu+unix:///system?socket=/run/truenas_libvirt/libvirt-sock" --backup-all --path /mnt/personal/backup/virt-back --no-gzip --retention 5

setup.py

@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
-# installation:
-#  * pip install virt-back
-#  * easy_install virt-back
 from setuptools import setup
+import os
 
-DESCRIPTION = """A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests.
+# Read the contents of your README file
-Virt-back is a python application that uses the libvirt api to safely 
+with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-shutdown, gzip, and restart guests.  The backup process logs to syslog
+    long_description = f.read()
-for auditing and virt-back works great with cron for scheduling outages.
-Virt-back has been placed in the public domain and 
-the latest version may be downloaded here:
-https://git.unturf.com/python/virt-back
-"""
 
 setup(
     name="virt-back",
-    version="0.2.1",
+    version="0.2.2",
     description="virt-back: A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests",
     keywords="backup virtual hypervisor QEMU KVM XEN Virtualbox",
-    long_description=DESCRIPTION,
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     author="Russell Ballestrini",
     author_email="russell@ballestrini.net",
     url="https://git.unturf.com/python/virt-back",
@@ -26,20 +20,28 @@ setup(
     py_modules=["virtback"],
     include_package_data=True,
     scripts=["virt-back"],
+    install_requires=[
+        "libvirt-python",
+    ],
 )
 
 """
 setup()
   keyword args: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
 
-configure pypi username and password in ~/.pypirc::
+# built and uploaded to pypi with this:
 
- [pypi]
+python setup.py sdist
- username:
+twine upload dist/*
- password:
 
-
-build and upload to pypi with this::
-
- python setup.py sdist bdist_egg register upload
 """
+
+# Installation Instructions:
+# To install virt-back, you can use pip:
+#  * pip install virt-back
+#
+# Note: You need to have the libvirt development libraries installed.
+# On Fedora/RedHat, you can install it with:
+#  * sudo dnf install libvirt-devel
+# On Ubuntu, you can install it with:
+#  * sudo apt-get install libvirt-dev