Yesterday I wrote something on what I did to install SCID, et al.. but it is in a private group forum of "Learning With Fun". If you are already a member, you can see it there. Otherwise, send me a note/message I will cut-and-paste it into a message for you.
Sas3 - Could you create a new post in this group with the information? Because there's a steep learning curve with SCID one of the goals of this group should be that we make it as easy for newbies as possible.
This blog post is about to how to create a free chess database, and the guy uses SCID to do it. For Newbies it's a must read...