I tested a different way to do this based around conda:
http://jiarong.github.io/2015-11-05-ND/

It worked pretty well - everyone was set up before the workshop officially
started.  It had a couple of minor snags:
 - osx-32 packages not available.  Solution was to reinstall miniconda
osx-64 (not sure why student has osx-32 in the first place.)  Not sure if
osx-32 packages are necessary long-term, may investigate how to build these.
 - git was built without some options.  Stash was missing, and it seemed
like https clone didn't work for people on OS X.  I'll fix this soon.
 - one student showed up a half-day late, without any setup.  He had Python
2.7 installed, but the workshop was done with Python 3.4.  He was lost
because many commands weren't working for him.  I don't think this is
really an issue with the installation process.

Nano on windows worked fine.  Python/Jupyter/Matplotlib also worked fine.

I'll be fixing git the git build as I have time.  Otherwise, this seems
like a nice way going forward.

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:36 AM Karin Lagesen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I am testing out setting up for a shell, git, python workshop on a
> windows machine. I am following these guidelines here:
>
> http://software-carpentry.org/workshops/setup.html
>
> First, are these the latest up-to-date instructions?
>
> Second, do I need the Software Carpentry installer ( I think I do, just
> checking).
>
> Third, in that case, can somebody tell me where the binary for the
> installer is? The link just currently points back onto the page itself,
> and I couldn't detect a binary in the git repo.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Karin
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