Installing PDQ on windows

Question

I am trying to install "pretty damn quick", an analysis tool for Layered Queing networks.

However there seems to be a lot wrong with my system, and switching to Linux is not an option.

Here is what i tried to get the PDQ running:

First try: Python

1. I installed python2.7 and downloaded the PDQ for python distribution (its in the tarball in the python dir) :

   C:\pdq\pdq42\python>python setup.py install running install running build running build_ext building 'pdq' extension error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

This error stems from the fact that i supposedly dont have a C-compiler. Even though typing g++ gives me:

C:\pdq\pdq42\python>g++ -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=g++
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=c:/rtools/gcc-4.6.3/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-w64-mingw3
3/lto-wrapper.exe
Target: i686-w64-mingw32

...snipped...

1. This problem is somehow documented? So i tried going over to Perl. It said there that the compiler comes with Strawberry Perl. So I installed that. Dmake gave me a lot of trouble but in the end I managed to install it.

   C:\pdq\pdq42\perl5>perl Makefile.PL Writing Makefile for pdq

   C:\pdq\pdq42\perl5>dmake Skip blib\lib\pdq.pm (unchanged) ...snipped...

   g++.exe: error: MVA_Approx.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: error: MVA_Canon.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: error: MVA_Solve.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: error: PDQ_Build.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: error: PDQ_Exact.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: error: PDQ_Globals.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: error: PDQ_Report.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: error: PDQ_Utils.o: No such file or directory dmake: Error code 129, while making 'blib\arch\auto\pdq\pdq.dll'

Gives me new errors, that i cannot fix, since i cannot google them.

1. As the last resort i try out installing R, since this should work according to the documentation.

   install.packages("c:\pdq\pdq_6.0-1.tar.gz",repos=NULL,type="source") Warning: invalid package 'c:/pdq/pdq_6.0-1.tar.gz' Error: ERROR: no packages specified Warning messages: 1: running command '"C:/Programme/R/R-3.0.1/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Programme\R\R-3.0.1\library" "c:/pdq/pdq_6.0-1.tar.gz"' had status 1 2: In install.packages("c:\pdq\pdq_6.0-1.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source") : installation of package ‘c:/pdq/pdq_6.0-1.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status

However in this case i don't even know where to start debugging this to get it going. So I am seeking help from SO. My question is:

Where did I go wrong and what can I do to find additional information leading to identify the problem? I would really like to have PDQ installed.