For installation use the Fink Project
http://www.finkproject.org/
With that small scripts and programs you can easily install a lot of GNU programs like python or pycrypto like
# apt-get install pycrypto
It's the packaging system from Debian Linux and was ported to a lot of different systems. It's most certainly easier than compile something else.
Btw. can somebody publish the file(s) from the Digital Editions/ directory. If you have personal information like emails you can x them (like
xxxx@xxxx.com - or PM me).