how to start with memcached

Question

Currently I am working on a project in which I need to use memcached. I have researched through a lot of web links but I do not understand how to get started with memcached. I h

Answer 1

Looks like they want you to run on a unix/linux like operating system according to some of the install information here: http://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/NewInstallFromPackage

You can also install linux into a virtual machine (try VirtualBox, its free http://www.virtualbox.org/) and try it that way.

It does look like there are ports of it to windows: http://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/PlatformWindows

Is there a specific part of the installation that's not working for you?