Babun Setup for Python Developers
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*Babun* is *“A Windows shell you will love!”*

It's a turn-key *CygWin* distribution for developers and is very easy to install and maintain.
For a Python developer, *Babun* allows working in an almost-POSIX environment – with some limitation, of course.
This causes less friction when handling FOSS projects that are often biased towards a standard Linux environment,
e.g. by using shell scripts for boot-strapping and things like that.

* Download the installer ZIP archive from the `Babun homepage <http://babun.github.io/>`_.
* Unzip it (e.g. using *Windows Explorer*).
* Double-click the installer (``install.bat``), and wait…
* Catch up (``babun update``).
* Change the default shell from ``zsh`` to ``bash`` if you're used to it (``babun shell /bin/bash``).
* Edit ``~/.bashrc`` to activate loading of ``~/.bash_aliases``.
* Install additional *Python* essentials::

    pact install python-setuptools python-ming
    pact install libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libyaml-devel
    curl -skS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python
    pip install virtualenv
    curl -skS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitsuhiko/pipsi/master/get-pipsi.py | python

* Enjoy!