DESPERATE PLEA FOR HELP re Kura

On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Matt McLauchlin wrote:

> It looks glorious, but I know diddly shit about Python, MySQL, Linux, or any
> of the other unpronounceable platforms (?) named. *caveman mode* I have
> Windows 98. How do I make it run? Please tell me! I'm desperate to use this
> program!
>
It should be possible to get the server part working on Windows - but I
haven't done it myself. It's been years since I spent serious time in
that OS, even at work I use Linux.i

But the basic bits are obtainable for Windows: Python
(www.pythonlabs.com), MySQL (www.mysql.com), even the binding between
Python and MySQL (but you need a C compiler to get it to work:
http://dustman.net/andy/python/MySQLdb/). I'm going to port the gui
to pure PyQt, which is available for windows in pre-compiled form:
http://www.thekompany.com/projects/pykde/?dhtml_ok=0). But getting Kura
to work is still an interesting challenge on Linux; I expect that it
would present even more hours of fun on Windows, even to the point where
it would be significantly easier just to buy one of those magazines with
Linux on the cover CD, install it and then install Kura.


Boudewijn Rempt  | http://www.valdyas.org