diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2fca53d..c6cf9bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,122 @@
 # IDE-specific
 .idea
 .vscode
+
+# PYTHON
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
diff --git a/lib/index.hpp b/lib/index.hpp
index b54cc3e..20d3981 100644
--- a/lib/index.hpp
+++ b/lib/index.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #define __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__CONFIG__ "/usr/local/share/comfortable-swipe/comfortable-swipe.conf"
 #endif /* __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__CONFIG__ */
 
+#ifndef __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__VERSION__
+#error __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__VERSION__ must be defined.
+#endif /* __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__VERSION__ */
+
 #include <map> // std::map
 #include <string> // std::string
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fec3eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import os
+from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools.extension import Extension
+
+__CWD__ = os.getcwd()
+__DIR__ = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+__URL__ = 'https://github.com/Hikari9/comfortable-swipe-ubuntu'
+
+NAME = 'comfortable-swipe'
+VERSION = '1.1.0'
+PROGRAM = os.path.join('/usr/local/bin', NAME)
+CONFIG = os.path.join(PROGRAM, 'comfortable-swipe.conf')
+
+try:
+    # make sure working directory is here
+    os.chdir(__DIR__)
+
+    # save README as long_description
+    with open('README.md', 'r') as README_file:
+        README = README_file.read()
+
+    # save LICENSE as license
+    with open('LICENSE', 'r') as LICENSE_file:
+        LICENSE = LICENSE_file.read()
+
+    # have a dictionary of macros
+    macros = dict(
+        __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__PROGRAM__=f'"{PROGRAM}"',
+        __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__VERSION__=f'"{VERSION}"',
+        __COMFORTABLE_SWIPE__CONFIG__=f'"{CONFIG}"'
+    )
+
+    # read C++ library for comfortable swipe
+    comfortable_swipe = Extension(
+        name='comfortable_swipe',
+        define_macros=list(macros.items()),
+        libraries=['xdo'],
+        include_dirs=['/usr/local/lib'],
+        sources=['comfortable-swipe.cpp'],
+        extra_compile_args=['-O2', '-Wno-unused-result']
+
+    )
+
+    # setup python script
+    setup(
+        name=NAME,
+        version=VERSION,
+        description='Comfortable 3-finger and 4-finger swipe gestures',
+        long_description=README,
+        license=LICENSE,
+        author='Rico Tiongson',
+        author_email='thericotiongson@gmail.com',
+        url=__URL__,
+        # import external modules (aka. C++)
+        ext_modules=[comfortable_swipe],
+    )
+
+finally:
+    # move working directory back to where it was before
+    os.chdir(__DIR__)