Re: [sleuthkit-users] Windows Precompiled EXEs

[Mark W. J. <ma...@gm...>]

I vote #1 for the same reasons as Luis.

MJ


On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Luís Filipe Nassif <lfc...@gm...> wrote:
> I prefer option 1, it is much more portable, you can run tsk tools from a
> thumb drive in the Field for example.
>
> Luis Nassif
>
>
> Em 11 de out de 2016 18:04, "Brian Carrier" <ca...@sl...>
> escreveu:
>>
>> As was mentioned in another thread, we’re looking at having The Sleuth Kit
>> use a more modern Visual Studio compiler.  I need some feedback on how
>> people are using the precompiled EXEs that we ship.
>>
>> One of the big changes is that executables now depend on a lot more
>> official microsoft dlls (C runtime dlls).
>>
>> Historically, I’ve always tried to make it be so that you can open a ZIP
>> file with the EXEs and run them with no prerequisites. We did this by
>> shipping the 2 or 3 run time dlls in the same folder as the exes.
>>
>> With Visual Studio 2015, there are over 40 dlls, not 2!   So, there are
>> two options:
>>
>> 1) We copy all 40+ dlls into the folder like we did before and it is now
>> just a bit more work to find the exe tools in there among all of the dlls
>> (they are all similarly named, which makes it somewhat easy).
>>
>> 2) We make the user run a Microsoft Redistributable Installer to install
>> the needed dlls into the c:\windows folder if they are not already there. We
>> can then ship a ZIP file and the user has to know to install the MS redist
>> or we start shipping a TSK installer that also installs the MS redist.
>>
>>
>> Opinions?    Do people care more about prerequisites or big folders?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most
>> engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot
>> _______________________________________________
>> sleuthkit-users mailing list
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit-users
>> http://www.sleuthkit.org
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most
> engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot
> _______________________________________________
> sleuthkit-users mailing list
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit-users
> http://www.sleuthkit.org
>