#1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vcredist)? --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: dhastings | Owner: grass-dev@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.4.3 Component: Installation | Version: 6.4.1 Keywords: wingrass | Platform: MSWindows 7 Cpu: x86-64 | --------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
Comment(by hamish): > Replying to [comment:40 mmetz]: > > How about downloading the latest package from > > http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/msvcrt/ > > upon user request? that is exactly what's needed AFAIU. I think it just needs an extra [Yes,please][No,thanks] page at the end of the installer wizard with a download option like we already have for the sample datasets. Replying to [comment:41 neteler]: > ... or simply always install it? the "always install it" part is what's the violation. I think that we can/should make it very easy to be co-installed from a 3rd party (here osgeo4w, but also I think FrankW keeps one at gdal.org/tmp/) as a convince, but it has to be presented that way to the end-user as an independent "system library", not as a part of GRASS itself, and so the user has to instigate the install (by clicking [Yes]) themselves. The frustrating thing is that Microsoft hasn't fixed this since W95 days by just including their own core dlls in OS updates... I can only guess why. fun, Hamish -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1428#comment:42> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org> _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev