Re: error installing newest nmap

[Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>]

Mike,

Did you get a chance to try installing the redistributable package directly
from Microsoft? I tried our installer on a Windows 7 system with neither
runtime installed, and it succeeded. The log files for the 2013 runtime
installer are %TEMP%/dd_vcredist_x86_*, so perhaps there is some useful
information there.

We continue to upgrade our build systems (necessitating new redistributable
runtimes) for several reasons. First, it helps ensure continued
compatibility with new versions of Windows. Second, new versions of Visual
Studio produce better code, and have useful features like static code
analysis that can identify (and have identified!) issues with Nmap's code
that we would not have otherwise discovered. Finally, we continue to update
because we have users who wish to compile on these systems, and we like to
support our users :).

Dan

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>
wrote:

> Yes, the software for this release requires both the 2008 and 2013 VC++
> Redistributable packages, both of which should be bundled in the installer.
> 2008 is needed for the Python components of Zenmap, and 2013 is needed for
> Nmap, Ncat, Nping, and the other Nmap-specific code projects.
>
> I will do some more testing to see why our installer may not be installing
> both packages if needed. In the meantime, installing it directly from
> Microsoft as Jacek suggests will solve the issue.
>
> Dan
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Jacek Wielemborek <d33tah () gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > W dniu 04.06.2015 o 15:19, Mike . pisze:
> > > running nmap and i get this lovely dialogue window "CANT START BECAUSE I
> > > AM MISSING MSVCR120.DLL" . i already know that is related to the new c++
> > > runtimes but i have those already installed! the next question is why
> > > did we feel the need to run with new ones? what was wrong with the old?
> > > anyway, new nmap is broke. guess i will stick with the old
> > > m|ke
> >
> > Looks like you are missing "Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for
> > Visual Studio 2013". You should install it, the installer can be found
> > here:
> >
> > https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784
> >
> > It's likely that the next release will have this problem resolved.
> >
> >
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