#1877: startup error reported by program
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Reporter: x1z379v472 | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.3
Component: Startup | Version: 6.4.3 RCs
Keywords: | Platform: MSWindows XP
Cpu: x86-32 |
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Hi. Yesterday I installed GRASS on a WIN XP service pack 3 system, and
when I tried to run the program I got an error reported as follows:
"Failed to start, MSCVP100.dll not found".
Not sure yet if problem is with my system or the download, so not sure if
a bug or not.
Program suggested a re-install, which I did, but made no difference.
The one I installed was WinGRASS-6.4.3RC2-1-Setup.exe . I will step back
and try WinGRASS-6.4.2-2-Setup.exe today and see if that fixes it, also
try and get a copy of the .dll from MS and put on the computer.
#1877: startup error reported by program
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Reporter: x1z379v472 | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.3
Component: Startup | Version: 6.4.3 RCs
Keywords: | Platform: MSWindows XP
Cpu: x86-32 |
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Comment(by hamish):
Hi,
MSCVP100.dll is a Microsoft library, you need to do a web search and get
it from them. Technically it is a violation of the GPL for us to provide
it directly- we need to test for the presence of such things and point
to/launch download of them from the installer, making it clear that it's a
3rd party (MS) system library and not part of our program. So while we
can't ship it as part of the main installer, we can and should make it
trivial to install along side.
Note that the "visual runtime redistributable" libraries are provided by
MS gratis, and OSGeo4W has an installer with them.
Probably one of the build components that goes into WinGrass was built
with a new version of MS's compiler which isn't provided by osgeo's zip
file of dlls?
see the WinGrass release notes readme. (not sure where that has gotten to
lately with the new website, but it'll be around)