[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1428: WinGRASS 6.4.1 fails to start after installation

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#1428: WinGRASS 6.4.1 fails to start after installation
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 Reporter:  dhastings     |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  critical      |   Milestone:  6.4.2                    
Component:  Installation  |     Version:  6.4.1                    
 Keywords:  wingrass      |    Platform:  MSWindows 7              
      Cpu:  x86-64        |  
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Comment(by jef):

 Replying to [comment:17 hamish]:
 > startup complaint on XP is against just msvcr71.dll. (or msvcrp71.dll?
 off the top of my head can't recall exactly) Other complaints may happen
 later, but that's the only one I saw before it quit.

 msvcr71.dll can be anywhere in PATH.  The DLLs for 8.0 and 9.0 need to
 installed.  The end up somewhere in %WINDIR%\winsxs with assembly entries
 in the registry.

 > installing the .net framework 4 does not supply that dll afaict.
 > installing the .net framework 3.5 does not supply that dll afaict.
 > (as expected, see table by majgis in comment:8)

 The .net frameworks might contain the DLLs too, but msvcrt package just
 contains the C++ redistributable packages (just extract the tar and
 checkout the postinstall.bat).

 > maybe there could be a standalone osgeo4w package supplying the
 redistributable dlls listed in comment:15 to somewhere in the PATH?
 (where does the osgo4w msvcrt package suggested by jef end up?)

 > How does qgis deal with it these days? I know this used to be an issue
 for them too.

 It just installs the msvcrt package - the QGIS standalone installer just
 extracts the OSGeo4W packages and runs the postinstall scripts on
 installation (see http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-
 gis/repository/revisions/master/changes/ms-windows/osgeo4w/creatensis.pl
 for details).

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