[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vcredist)?
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Sun Jun 3 14:00:38 PDT 2012
#1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package
(vcredist)?
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Reporter: dhastings | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.4.2
Component: Installation | Version: 6.4.1
Keywords: wingrass | Platform: MSWindows 7
Cpu: x86-64 |
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Comment(by hellik):
Replying to [comment:26 hamish]:
> >
> > any ideas?
>
> I would not worry about Windows 8 yet, as it's still a moving target and
any solution would be just a guess until the final release.
ok
>
> I would not worry about XP and Vista, they are the past and only more so
every day.
at least I know one person who is using still winXP ... ;o)
>For them I'd suggest a [Next >] through page with some key words in the
first half of the first sentence of the paragraph explaining the symptoms
and the remedy. (so even those skimming it will have some recollection)
>
> As for Windows 7, do we know the registry keys to look for?
it seems it's not so easy for win7; it depends if other software packages
have already installed msvcr:
see Side-by-side assembly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsxs) and
attached screenshot for msvcr90.dll-search in the filesystem and local
registry-scan for msvcr90.dll
>Does 64 or 32 bit matter? (does Windows7 do 32 bit?)
>
it seems so (see screenshot and registry scan).
some more complications in future:
Breaking Changes in Visual C++ (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/bb531344.aspx)
Deployment in Visual C++ 2010 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/dd293574.aspx)
... the unexplainable windows-world ...
Helmut
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