MinGW

Minimalist GNU for Windows is indeed minimalist: it is not a full POSIX subsystem, and provides no package manager. Therefore, you will have to make some adjustments and install the dependencies yourself.

Matt P. Dziubinski successfully used Apophenia via MinGW; here are his instructions (with edits by BK):

• get libregex (the ZIP file) from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204414&package_id=306189
• get libintl (three ZIP files) from: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libintl.htm . download "Binaries", "Dependencies", "Developer files"
• follow "libintl" steps from: http://kayalang.org/download/compiling/windows

• Modify Makefile, adding -lpthread to AM_CFLAGS (removing -pthread) and -lregex to AM_CFLAGS and LIBS

• Now compile the main library:

  make

• Finally, put one more expected directory in place and install:

  mkdir -p -- "/usr/local/Lib/site-packages"
  make install

• You will get the usual warning about library paths, and may have to take the specified action:

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  Libraries have been installed in:
    /usr/local/lib
  
  If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
  in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
  specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR'
  flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
    - add LIBDIR to the `PATH' environment variable
      during execution
    - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
      during linking
    - use the `-LLIBDIR' linker flag
  
  See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
  more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
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