How to make apt-offline on windows

Question

Apt-offline claims to be a utility that allows you to install packages on Debian without internet connection. It can be downloaded from the git repository.
As with many free software, the problem is that it's undocumented and that you have build it yourself. In the git repository I've linked to, there's a information file INSTALL:

# Execute the file using the python interpreter
# Assuming python.exe is in your path

# To build
C:\> python setup.py build

# To install
C:\> python setup.py install

I've ran build and then install. I could've seen some parse errors spit out by Python. I hope these don't matter. Anyway, I just ended up with a few more folders and few more files without extension (why do some people omit extensions all the time?).

So my question here is just how to build and install the utility properly - given it's possible. (and this question suggests it might be possible)

Answer 1

I've just installed it on a Windows XP machine as follows:-

Install Python 2.7. Make sure you choose the correct architecture (32/64 bit). Select the option to add python.exe to your path as it will make things easier later.

Install PyQt4. Again, make sure you choose the correct architecture for your Windows.

Download apt-offline. Extract it to the C:\ drive. The folder will be called apt-offline-master - rename it to apt-offline to save on your typing later.

Open the Windows terminal. Type the following:-

 cd c:\apt-offline
 python setup.py build
 python setup.py install
 python apt-offline-gui