right .. if I 'want to do windows' is the key phrase there .. =) -- Nimret Sandhu http://www.nimret.com http://www.nimsoft.biz
On Friday, March 25, 2011 09:13:25 am Christopher Barker wrote: > On 3/24/11 10:46 PM, Nimret Sandhu wrote: > > apt would be a whole lot easier if silly IT didn't force me to use > > kubuntu within a VM on windows ( kinda constrained on a laptop). ah well > > .. > > If you need to do Windows, Python works well there, too. No Built in > package management, but most of the major python packages have binary > installers for Windows, so it's pretty easy. > > For pure python, easy_install works fine, and it even works fine for > binary packages, if: > > 1) the package maintainers have put up binary eggs > or > 2) You've got your system set up for compiling binary extensions - > that's not too hard these days (py2.6 and 2.7), I think all you need to > do is install the freely distributed MS Compiler (2008 version, I think) > (OK, a caviat on this -- it's easy unless the package has other compiled > dependencies, if it does, it can be a real pain!) > > But you can get most of the way with Windows binary installers. > > -Chris
