+# check for __init__.py in the SHAPER's Python scripts directory
+# for correct parsing PYTHONPATH and use the actual version of SHAPER
+# instead of distributed with SALOME
+if [[ ! -f ${SHAPER_PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/salome/__init__.py ]]; then
+ touch ${SHAPER_PYTHON_SCRIPTS_DIR}/salome/__init__.py
+fi
+