1. Go to http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml, grab and install the latest
   version of the following packages (install and untar them in say c:\mingw):

   MSYS bin
	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.9.exe?download)
   gcc-core bin
	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gcc-core-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar.gz?download)
   gettext
	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gettext-0.11.5-2003.02.01-1.exe?download)
   libiconv
	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/libiconv-1.8.0-2003.02.01-1.exe?download)
   MINGW runtime
	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/mingw-runtime-3.2.tar.gz?download)
   Windows API
	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/w32api-2.4.tar.gz?download)
   binutils
	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1.tar.gz?download)

   You also want to edit the fstab in the Msys/1.0/home directory so it reads
   like so:

	c:\mingw	mingw

2. If you plan on using source from CVS, grab and install these packages too:
	MSYS DTK	(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/msysDTK-1.0.1.exe?download)

   You may need python as well, from http://www.python.org.
	Python		(http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.3.3/Python-2.3.3.exe)

3. Nab the latest zlib source distribution (from http://www.gzip.org/zlib/)

   zlib
	(http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib-1.2.1.tar.gz)

   Put it in a convenient (ie reachable from MSYS) directory, open up an MSYS
   window, cd over to it, and type the following commands:

	tar xzf zlib-1.2.1.tar.gz		#may be a different file name
	cd zlib-1.2.1
	cp win32/Makefile.gcc Makefile
	make
	cp *.a /mingw/lib
	cp zconf.h /mingw/include
	cp zlib.h /mingw/include
	cp zlib1.dll /mingw/bin 		#or at least somewhere in your path

3. Nab the latest libpng source distribution (from 
   http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html)

   libpng
	(http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/png-mng/libpng-1.2.5.tar.gz?download)

   It doesn't come with a nifty MSYS Makefile, so use the one attached to
   this tutorial.

   Put it in a convenient directory and type the following commands:

	tar xzf libpng-1.2.5.tar.gz
	cd libpng-1.2.5
	cp /home/Makefile.MSYS Makefile		#whereever you stuck Makefile.MSYS
	mv install in				#ack, mingw wants to run ./install for some reason
	make prefix=/mingw install
	cp png12.dll /mingw/bin			#or at least somewhere in your path

4. Ok, now that that's all out of the way, you can nab the Freeciv source distro:

	ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/stable/freeciv-1.14.1.tar.gz

   (or CVS if you want)

   Put it in a convenient directory and type the following commands:

	tar xzf freeciv-1.14.1.tar.gz
	cd freeciv-1.14.1
	./configure --prefix=/c/freeciv-1.14.1	#or whereever you want it
	make install

   Now this'll make a bit of a messy directory tree in /c/freeciv-1.14.1, so
   I recommend then executing the following commands:

	cd /c/freeciv-1.14.1/
	mv share/freeciv data
	mv bin/civserver.exe .
	mb bin/civclient.exe .	
	cp /mingw/bin/png12.dll .
	cp /mingw/bin/zlib1.dll .
	cp /mingw/bin/libiconv-2.dll .
	cp /mingw/bin/libintl-2.dll .

5. And...it doesn't work!  It doesn't work because you need .pngs.  And this
   is where this tutorial ends, since I'm not sure where the most convenient
   place to grab the pngs is, besides cvs.  :)