From now on, someone should be monitoring the help forums. If you asked a question and didn't get it answered, try again!
beta version 0.3b is released with matlab .mex files for facedetector and eyedetector. Projects to build the .mex files are visual c++ 6.0 for windows and bjam for unix.
This is the first public beta of MPT. Please check it out and help us streamline the installation process (or at least, the documentation for the installation process).