ming on win32 anyone ? [help a noob]

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Aug 15, 9:46 am, "programmer... at gmail.com"
<programmer... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 15, 8:03 am, "daz.diamond" <s... at spam.com> wrote:
>
> > hoping someone can help ...
>
> > how do I install ming (with python) on win32? have downloaded the tar.gz
> > of ming-0.3.0 which doesn't have a handy self-installer, and I'm
> > absolutely foxed as to what to do next ... the install instructions in
> > the package seem to be linux oriented, which to me may as well be in greek
>
> > any clues much appreciated, thx
>
> > daz
>
> I don't know what you've downloaded, but it does not sound like the
> right thing, err ming.  The installer found here is 5.1.3.http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435
>
> Maybe you should consider cygwin?
>
> jw

I think the OP is referring to this: http://ming.sourceforge.net/

If so, it looks like it needs manual compilation using a C/C++
compiler of some sort.

Mike