Why not just install the copy from HCP to try?
I learned to compile my own binaries a little while ago so I could test the pre-beta version, but now I'm having fun working with python and learning more and more as I experiment. I'm finding that to be quite a bit of fun. Weird, huh? Working with command prompt is sort of nostalgic for me, having grown up with DOS and Unix.
I posted links to the portable binary file that I built myself here:
I knew someone had discussed it already, I thought it was in this thread but couldn't find it. Thank you for that.
Thanks for the link, but I really just wanted to do it myself as a learning opportunity. It didn't occur to me that since I've already compiled the binaries (several times now,) I should have that file myself, right? I'll have a look when I get home.