These instructions are for 32/64bit Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3/Vista/2k8. Well, in principle. I
made them in XP Pro, if you discover any differences or problems please let me know. If you're still on Win3/95/98/ME then you should switch to GNU/Linux, *BSD or WinXP.
Also see the other install-in-*.txt files.
The length of these instructions is due to MS refusal to provide any kind of package management.
Now open a shell (aka command prompt aka DOS window):
Click Start, then Run. In the opening window type "cmd" (without the inverted commas) and then click OK. A windows with a black background should open.
Type (replacing yourPassword with the root password for MySQL you specified during installation):
mysql --user=root --password=yourPassword
It should say something like this:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 4
Server version: 5.0.60-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.0.60-r1
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql>
Now create the actual database. The default name is fpdb, I recommend you keep it. Type this:
CREATE DATABASE fpdb;
Next you need to create a user. I recommend you use the default fpdb. Type this (replacing newPassword with the password you want the fpdb user to have - this can, but for security shouldn't, be the same as the root mysql password):
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON fpdb.* TO 'fpdb'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'newPassword' WITH GRANT OPTION;
4. In MySQL create a new database fpdb and a user by the same name. Set a password. I did this in webmin. Then set permissions for that user to: Select | Insert | Update | Delete | Create | Drop
5. Time for GTK+ - here's the instructions from their bundle
To use it, create some empty folder like c:\gtk . Using either
Windows Explorer's built-in zip file management, or the command-line
Then add the bin folder to your PATH. Make sure you have no other
versions of GTK+ in PATH.
To do that:
Right click on "My Computer" ("Arbeitsplatz" in German Windows) on the Desktop or in (Windows) Explorer. Select Properties. Then click on the tab Advanced and then you should see Environment Variables. Simply append GTK's bin folder to the existing PATH (make sure to put a ; between the old PATH and GTK's folder to seperate the entries in this list).
6. Install pycairo, pygobject and pygtk with double click.
7. Copy the default.conf from the docs folder to the appropriate folder in your system, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Nick\Application Data\fpdb\profiles\default.conf
Now edit the file, in particular you will always have to type in the correct password (insecure, I know) and if you differ from the default setup you may need to change host, database or user.
