From: Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: ConTeXt installation problem with Windows 8.1
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:30:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALBOmsagARM3xjszxpL7LLGS+0Nesbh0RHHBN77=vd9tLtSPyg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.xxuj5mlstpjj8f@lpr>
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:07:58 +0200, Jaroslav Hajtmar <hajtmar@gyza.cz>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello ConTeXist.
>> I tried to install standalone ConTeXt (64 bit. Version) into the new
>> installation of Windows 8.1 During installation, I encounter a message about
>> missing DLL library (at first MSVCR100.DLL, after insert this library next
>> error message.). Does anyone have a similar experience? respectively. How do
>> I install Windows ConTeXt to 8.1
>> Thanks. Jaroslav Hajtmar
>
>
> although the following solution for Ctx installation is "ad-hoc", not
> systematic, it should solve your problem:
> add the missing MSVC libraries from "MS Redistributable Package":
>
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah(v=vs.100).aspx
>
> The problem appears time-to-time to end users and not to program developers,
> as MS Visual Studio includes/installs the required DLLs (which are part of
> "Redist. Pack.") automatically (so it works for developers).
>
> And then, an end user may need to install the missing DLLs manually.
> (When a SW has an installer, it often handles this step automatically.)
If our ConTeXt distribution is missing those files, then *I* need to
add them to the distribution. This problem usually happens when Akira
switches to a newer MSVC and unless someone complains, I never know
that new files have to be added as I never use Windows.
We can discuss the fix off-list.
Mojca
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-29 9:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-28 16:07 Jaroslav Hajtmar
2015-04-29 9:18 ` Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o.
2015-04-29 9:30 ` Mojca Miklavec [this message]
2015-04-29 14:28 ` Jaroslav Hajtmar
2015-04-29 17:09 ` Mojca Miklavec
2015-04-29 18:58 ` Jan Tosovsky
[not found] ` <55412a5b.e355b40a.734f.ffff86fdSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2015-04-29 19:51 ` Mojca Miklavec
2015-04-29 22:20 ` Jaroslav Hajtmar
2015-04-29 22:53 Akira Kakuto
2015-04-30 23:37 Akira Kakuto
2015-05-02 10:01 ` Mojca Miklavec
2015-05-02 13:46 ` Akira Kakuto
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