Re: Standalone Windows Installation

Thanks Ashesh for your answer.

I will try to do so although I first have to install VC (or can I just
use the directories from WinSxS?). Is there another possibility without
setting an environment variable? Think of the simplest distribution of
just copying files (e.g. to a USB stick) and "pg_ctrl.exe start" will
work out of the box...

Cheers,
Jörn

Ashesh D Vashi schrieb:
> Jörn Heid wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I want to use Postgres without installation. The problem is the
>> dependencies on the Visual C dll (msvcrt).
>> As far as I know it would be possible to include a manifest file
>> (only for libpq.dll?) and bundle the dlls from c:\windows\WinSxS into
>> the bin directory of Postgres.
>> Is this correct? Does anybody have (tested) such a manifest file?
>>
>> Jörn
> You just need to copy the contents of the redist/x86 under the
> %VCINSTALLDIR% in your distribution directory, where all
> dlls/executables are present.
> VCINSTALLDIR should be similar to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> Studio 8\VC, depending on your Visual Studio Installation.
> This directory contains:
> * Microsoft.VCxx.CRT
> * Microsoft.VCxx.ATL
> ..., etc
>
> No need to copy the c:\windows\WinSxS contents.
>
> Hope this should solve your problem.
>
> Regards,
> Ashesh
>

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