This is how my system is setup on Windows.
I put th= e various packages in the subdirectry J:\Apps
when things are being inst= alled.

By putting everything under one directory you can zip up the= whole thing and ship it off to your=A0collaborator=A0so that
they don't have to go through each install step.

When installing= anything here if it offers to modify the system path, tell it no.

I= f anything wants to put anything in C:\MinGW tell it no.
Somethings are = hard-coded to look there and you get hair-pulling hard to find bugs due to = version mismatches.
If it there is nothing there, the search will find the right item.

<= a href=3D"http://nuwen.net/files/mingw/mingw-9.5.exe">http://nuwen.net/file= s/mingw/mingw-9.5.exe

It tends to put things in a=A0sub-directory= =A0of what you told it to,=A0watch out=A0for that.

http://nuwen.net/f= iles/mingw/msys-7.2.7z

Unzip to J:\Apps\MSys then run extract.bat,<= /div>

This gets you bash/sh there is no need to run from= inside of MSys unless you are trying to build something.

Install tips here:
http://nu= wen.net/mingw.html
Basically create a shortcut link to :

open= _distro_window.bat =A0You'll need to edit, see below.

Next = install :

http://sourceforge.net/projects/getgnuwin32/files/lat= est/download?source=3Dfiles

At the bottom of the install screen = change the path to something simple like
c:\Temp\Win32 rather than the default it offers.

Then cd \temp\win32= \GetGnuWin32
Run download.bat. =A0This could take an hour or two to run = depending on your system and internet speed.

Then run 'install J:\A= pps\Win32' =A0this will take a while to run as well.

If you need Perl install the community edition of ActiveState Perl:=
http://www.= activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

Things that are useful for = development but not required for day to day usage:

Robocopy is part of Windows7. =A0It is close in spirit to rsync but not= as good.
If you are on XP you can get Robocopy from the 2003 Server Too= l Kit.

Put the tools in J:\Apps\MS.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-u= s/magazine/ee851678.aspx

The NirSoft tools:
http= ://launcher.nirsoft.net/
I use usbdeview frequently.
Be warned=A0= that your virus checker will trigger on a lot of those files because they d= on't distinguish between development tools and 'hacking' tools.=

Systems Internal Suit:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte= rnals/bb842062.aspx

'Junction' is particularly useful fo= r creating symbolic links:
http:/= /technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768

Dr. MinGW= is useful to have installed if you run into crashes.

http://code.google.com= /p/jrfonseca/wiki/DrMingw

It will give you a=A0back-trace. =A0If you really want to go deepe= r into debugging on Windows
you need to install their DDK/SDK and the sy= stem symbols. =A0Usually DrM is enough by itself to show you that you forgo= t to initialize a pointer etc.

You should end up with something like this, the ones with '*' a= re optional

J:\Apps
=A0 =A0 =A0MinGW95

=A0 =A0 =A0MS *<= br>=A0 =A0 =A0MSys
=A0 =A0 =A0NirSoft *
=A0 =A0 =A0SI *

=A0 =A0 =A0Win32

Edit J:\Apps\MinGW95\set_distro_paths.bat :

Change

set = PATH=3D%~dp0bin;%PATH%

set PATH=3D%~dp0bin;J:\Apps\MSys\bin;J:\Apps\Win32\J:\= Apps\SI;J:\Apps\MS;%PATH% ,

Instal= l the parts of gEDA/PCB as needed and you should be good to go.

Do make sure that there a no non-existent=A0directorie= s in the resulting path.

Some versions of GCC become=A0extr= emely=A0slow if there are such=A0directories=A0in the path on Windows.

Such directories are all to common on Windows before you've installed a= ny of the items from this message.

The= program 'which' will tell you what version you are running as ther= e will be multiple versions of the same tool in this setup.

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