GENERAL ======= $CCDB_HOME should point to the current directory (directory which has: bin, lib, src, etc.) * [MySQL x86 for windows](http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/) * [Pthreads-w32](http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/) Windows swig should be somewhere in the path in order to automaticly build swig wrapping from visual studio, otherwise disable "Wrapping" projects from build. need to be installed MySQL x86 for windows MySQL Connector C x86 for windows Windows Services for UNIX Version 3.5 Steps 1) Install MySQL x86 2) Install MySQL Connector C x86 3) install python 3.2) install readline for windows. One of which https://launchpad.net/pyreadline/+download *both are easy to find via google or on MySQL web site 4) Get CCDB sources 5) set environmen variables CCDB_HOME, PYTHON_INCLUDE, PYTHON_LIB 5.1) Set CCDB_HOME directory. CCDB_HOME is a directory that contain /bin, lib, include, src ... and this file. a) pres win+r and type cmd. Or start cmd by any other method. b) write setx CCDB_HOME C:\Your\Path\To\CCDB\home 5.2 set PYTHON_INCLUDE and PYTHON_LIB directories. If you installed python to C:\python\Python27_32 you may type in cmd setx PYTHON_INCLUDE C:\python\Python27_32\include setx PYTHON_LIB c:\Python\Python\libs\python27.lib One may also use [Windows Services for UNIX](http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=274)