Support #1675
Version 5.4.0 requires Visual C++ Runtime 2013 on Windows
Description
When I tried to run the newest CoCoA version on my Windows 10 machine I got the error messages "MSVCP120.dll not found" and "MSVCR120.dll not found".
Following the advice given here (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/missing-msvcp120dll-file/f0a14d55-73f0-4a21-879e-1cbacf05e906) I installed Visual C++ Runtime 2013 and was able to run CoCoA.
Maybe one can add this to the installation instructions.
History
#1
Updated by John Abbott about 1 year ago
Updated by - Category set to Portability
- Priority changed from Normal to Urgent
- Target version set to CoCoA-5.4.2
We plan to make a new release quite soon (before the CoCoA School).
I'm hoping Nico Mexis might be willing to make the Microsoft compilation.
Is someone in Passau willing to be a guinea pig, and check that it works?
Timeline: we're hoping to fix the sources by Friday afternoon (unless
important bugs appear).
#2
Updated by Nico Mexis about 1 year ago
Updated by - % Done changed from 0 to 90
I have analysed version 5.4.0 and my currently installed CoCoA version (5.4.1k), compiled on 24 Feb 2023 at 09:59:49 using ldd.
According to ldd, the dependencies of version 5.4.0 include MSVCP140.dll, VCRUNTIME140.dll, MSVCP120.dll, MSVCR120.dll and many others.
A deeper analysis shows that these dependencies actually originate from MATHSAT.dll.
However, since MATHSAT does not work in the Windows version anyway, I have since excluded it from all my local releases.
My current version produces the following ldd:
ntdll.dll => /c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll (0x7ff91a430000)
KERNEL32.DLL => /c/WINDOWS/System32/KERNEL32.DLL (0x7ff919c90000)
KERNELBASE.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/KERNELBASE.dll (0x7ff9179d0000)
cygboost_filesystem-1_66.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygboost_filesystem-1_66.dll (0x3fa470000)
cygcddgmp-0.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygcddgmp-0.dll (0x3fd890000)
cyggmpxx-4.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cyggmpxx-4.dll (0x3fd080000)
cyggmp-10.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cyggmp-10.dll (0x3ffb70000)
cygreadline7.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygreadline7.dll (0x3ff350000)
cyggcc_s-seh-1.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cyggcc_s-seh-1.dll (0x3ffc30000)
cygwin1.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygwin1.dll (0x7ff8888f0000)
cygboost_system-1_66.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygboost_system-1_66.dll (0x3f9d80000)
cygstdc++-6.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygstdc++-6.dll (0x3ff0a0000)
cyggsl-19.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cyggsl-19.dll (0x3fcdb0000)
cygstdc++-6.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygstdc++-6.dll (0xde0000)
cygncursesw-10.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygncursesw-10.dll (0x3ff630000)
cygblas-0.dll => /g/Programme/CoCoA/cygblas-0.dll (0x3c5be0000)
Because of this, the bug seems to have been fixed on my machine by excluding MATHSAT from the compilation process, and I have marked this issue as 90% complete.
Once the new release is compiled, someone should test it properly to make sure this is no longer an issue.
#3
Updated by John Abbott 10 months ago
Nico thinks that 5.4.1p should be OK; we are not sure which version Julian Wilson used when he reported this same problem again.
Nico will contact Julian directly, and hopefully resolve soon.
#4
Updated by Nico Mexis 10 months ago
- Status changed from New to Resolved
- % Done changed from 90 to 100
Received feeback by Julian Wilson and Florian Walsh that
#5
Updated by Nico Mexis 28 days ago
- Status changed from Resolved to Closed
Only just noticed that my previous comment seems to be cut off for some reason... The feedback was positive: The new versions do not require any Visual C++ Runtime anymore.