Re: Octave for Windows distribution

[Michael Goffioul]

Eric S. Carlson a écrit :
> I have downloaded the newest version and installed on a system (I think) that
> did not have MSVC installed. When I installed it, I tried to click the box
> to install the MSVC runtime libs but nothing happened. The program, however,
> still runs.
>   

The installer checks that the runtime libraries are not installed on the 
system and
disable/enable the runtime installation accordingly. This option cannot 
be changed
by the user. Runtime DLL's are installed in one of the subdir of 
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS
If the check box was unchecked, it means the installer detected the 
runtime DLL's
were already present.

The fact that you don't have MSVC installed does not mean that the 
runtime DLL's
are not installed. Any program compiled with MSVC8 will need it (if compiled
with /MD flag), so it might be that another program installed them. For 
instance,
.NET v2 installs those libs (I think).

Michael.