TortoiseHg

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:31 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
> I wanted to run Tortoisehg 1.1.2 on an older XP SP2 box, which I have
> no admin permission, hence I can't install from the installer. As a
> workaround, I copied the TortoiseHg directory from my laptop computer
> (running SP3) to the SP2 box and hope to run it out of the directory,
> but it was unable to execute hg.exe and hgtk.exe (the bundled
> kdiff3.exe and TortoisePlink.exe were able to execute). I suspect the
> MSVC 2008 library is needed, but as I am unable to install it, I can't
> really confirm.
>
> Just to get things going, I tried the same approach with TortoiseHg
> 0.8.3, and this time hg.exe and hgtk.exe work without any issue so
> far. But I'd really like to use the new GUI from 1.1.2. Any pointers?

BTW, does the 1.1.2 installer allow to install on system that we don't
have admin permission? Naturally we won't be able to use the overlay
icons and context menus, but having hg and hgtk will be good enough.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:42 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:31 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
>> I wanted to run Tortoisehg 1.1.2 on an older XP SP2 box, which I have
>> no admin permission, hence I can't install from the installer. As a
>> workaround, I copied the TortoiseHg directory from my laptop computer
>> (running SP3) to the SP2 box and hope to run it out of the directory,
>> but it was unable to execute hg.exe and hgtk.exe (the bundled
>> kdiff3.exe and TortoisePlink.exe were able to execute). I suspect the
>> MSVC 2008 library is needed, but as I am unable to install it, I can't
>> really confirm.
>>
>> Just to get things going, I tried the same approach with TortoiseHg
>> 0.8.3, and this time hg.exe and hgtk.exe work without any issue so
>> far. But I'd really like to use the new GUI from 1.1.2. Any pointers?
>
> BTW, does the 1.1.2 installer allow to install on system that we don't
> have admin permission? Naturally we won't be able to use the overlay
> icons and context menus, but having hg and hgtk will be good enough.

It requires admin privilidges because it is installing the MSVC 2008
redist libraries that Python 2.6 requires.  So to use it standalone
you need to find those correct DLLs and copy them into your folder, or
install the redist package from Microsoft.

-- 
Steve Borho

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Steve Borho <steve@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:42 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:31 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
>>> I wanted to run Tortoisehg 1.1.2 on an older XP SP2 box, which I have
>>> no admin permission, hence I can't install from the installer. As a
>>> workaround, I copied the TortoiseHg directory from my laptop computer
>>> (running SP3) to the SP2 box and hope to run it out of the directory,
>>> but it was unable to execute hg.exe and hgtk.exe (the bundled
>>> kdiff3.exe and TortoisePlink.exe were able to execute). I suspect the
>>> MSVC 2008 library is needed, but as I am unable to install it, I can't
>>> really confirm.
>>>
>>> Just to get things going, I tried the same approach with TortoiseHg
>>> 0.8.3, and this time hg.exe and hgtk.exe work without any issue so
>>> far. But I'd really like to use the new GUI from 1.1.2. Any pointers?
>>
>> BTW, does the 1.1.2 installer allow to install on system that we don't
>> have admin permission? Naturally we won't be able to use the overlay
>> icons and context menus, but having hg and hgtk will be good enough.
>
> It requires admin privilidges because it is installing the MSVC 2008
> redist libraries that Python 2.6 requires.  So to use it standalone
> you need to find those correct DLLs and copy them into your folder, or

Thanks for the pointer, I will give it a try. Just to be sure, I
should copy the DLLs into the top level of the installation directory
(same level as hg.exe)?

> install the redist package from Microsoft.

This will need admin permission, isn't it? Maybe I misunderstand you.

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:52 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Steve Borho <steve@...> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:42 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:31 AM, TK Soh <teekaysoh@...> wrote:
>>>> I wanted to run Tortoisehg 1.1.2 on an older XP SP2 box, which I have
>>>> no admin permission, hence I can't install from the installer. As a
>>>> workaround, I copied the TortoiseHg directory from my laptop computer
>>>> (running SP3) to the SP2 box and hope to run it out of the directory,
>>>> but it was unable to execute hg.exe and hgtk.exe (the bundled
>>>> kdiff3.exe and TortoisePlink.exe were able to execute). I suspect the
>>>> MSVC 2008 library is needed, but as I am unable to install it, I can't
>>>> really confirm.
>>>>
>>>> Just to get things going, I tried the same approach with TortoiseHg
>>>> 0.8.3, and this time hg.exe and hgtk.exe work without any issue so
>>>> far. But I'd really like to use the new GUI from 1.1.2. Any pointers?
>>>
>>> BTW, does the 1.1.2 installer allow to install on system that we don't
>>> have admin permission? Naturally we won't be able to use the overlay
>>> icons and context menus, but having hg and hgtk will be good enough.
>>
>> It requires admin privilidges because it is installing the MSVC 2008
>> redist libraries that Python 2.6 requires.  So to use it standalone
>> you need to find those correct DLLs and copy them into your folder, or
>
> Thanks for the pointer, I will give it a try. Just to be sure, I
> should copy the DLLs into the top level of the installation directory
> (same level as hg.exe)?

I copy MSVC libraries into the install-dir, but still unable to run.
Dependency Walker gave me some error when I check on hg.exe:

=============
Error: The Side-by-Side configuration information for "c:\documents
and settings\ruflexp\my documents\tk
\tortoisehg-1.1.2\HGTK.EXE" contains errors. This application has
failed to start because the application
configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this
problem (14001).
=============

Is there any reason to need to use Python 2.6?

>> install the redist package from Microsoft.
>
> This will need admin permission, isn't it? Maybe I misunderstand you.
>

TK Soh wrote, On 08/18/2010 03:47 AM:
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:52 AM, TK Soh<teekaysoh@...>  wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Steve Borho<steve@...>  wrote:
>>> It requires admin privilidges because it is installing the MSVC 2008
>>> redist libraries that Python 2.6 requires.  So to use it standalone
>>> you need to find those correct DLLs and copy them into your folder, or
>> Thanks for the pointer, I will give it a try. Just to be sure, I
>> should copy the DLLs into the top level of the installation directory
>> (same level as hg.exe)?
> I copy MSVC libraries into the install-dir, but still unable to run.
> Dependency Walker gave me some error when I check on hg.exe:
>
> =============
> Error: The Side-by-Side configuration information for "c:\documents
> and settings\ruflexp\my documents\tk
> \tortoisehg-1.1.2\HGTK.EXE" contains errors. This application has
> failed to start because the application
> configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this
> problem (14001).
> =============

I'm sure that is one of the reasons installation is required.

But placing the right .manifest files next to the executables might make 
it work.

/Mads

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Mads Kiilerich <mads@...> wrote:
>  TK Soh wrote, On 08/18/2010 03:47 AM:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:52 AM, TK Soh<teekaysoh@...>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Steve Borho<steve@...>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It requires admin privilidges because it is installing the MSVC 2008
>>>> redist libraries that Python 2.6 requires.  So to use it standalone
>>>> you need to find those correct DLLs and copy them into your folder, or
>>>
>>> Thanks for the pointer, I will give it a try. Just to be sure, I
>>> should copy the DLLs into the top level of the installation directory
>>> (same level as hg.exe)?
>>
>> I copy MSVC libraries into the install-dir, but still unable to run.
>> Dependency Walker gave me some error when I check on hg.exe:
>>
>> =============
>> Error: The Side-by-Side configuration information for "c:\documents
>> and settings\ruflexp\my documents\tk
>> \tortoisehg-1.1.2\HGTK.EXE" contains errors. This application has
>> failed to start because the application
>> configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this
>> problem (14001).
>> =============
>
> I'm sure that is one of the reasons installation is required.
>
> But placing the right .manifest files next to the executables might make it
> work.

Any idea where to find the manifest file, in the Windows directory?