A prerequisite is something, normally a piece of software, that is required to perform another task
Questions tagged [prerequisites]
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Prerequisite showing on OS that was not specified
I have a Basic MSI Project that has several prereqs. I set the launch conditions for the MSI to be Win Vista SP2, Win 7 SP1, Win 8+ and their corresponding Server OSs. Now, when running the installer on Win XP, the launch condition fails and I get a…

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Add user input to prerequisite
I have project with SQL Server 2012 as a prerequisite. I added it into
Application Data -> Redistributables
and everything works fine. Now I want to add possibilities to set a custom instance name for the SQL Server. Is it possible to do in…

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makefile prerequisite appears older then target even if it was built afterwards
I am trying to add more then one file created in different directories to a static library but apparently it does not work as expected.
My makefile structure is something like this:
./src/drv/platform/AVR/
- hal
- hw
--- spi
---…

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One prerequisite folder for multiple installers
I have several InstallShield basic MSI projects that have custom prerequisite (let's call it MY_PREREQ).
MY_PREREQ has size ~200MB, so it would be nice do not include it in every setup.exe. I want to place it in some "shared" folder instead, and…

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Allow a prerequisite to be installed only on Windows 8 using Advanced Installer
I have developed an installer using Advanced Installer.I want that the SQLite package that I have added as a prerequisite should only be shown on Windows 8 and not on any other Operating Systems.Can this be achieved using Advanced Installer?
If yes…

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Adding a duplicate InstallShield prerequisite with a different condition
I am using InstallShield Spring 2012. Currently, my company uses a VC redistributable prerequisite for their installer. The way the condition was set up originally, did not cover all of our users issues and so it had to be changed. Since…

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Check registry keys of a Software that is already installed in your system For WIX setup
I have a WIX setup. I want to promt message box for some prerequisites before installing my setup.
I am using below code to check registry keys for a particular software.
But it always prompt a message weather a software is installed or not.…

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Checking prerequisites for building Qt from source
The Qt website lists some packages, which need to be installed to build Qt:
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/requirements-x11.html
Are they all necessary?
How do I check which one are already installed?

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How to create setup which will install framework during setup run
How to create setup windows application develop in vs2012. Setup will install .net framework automatically during setup run. How to create this kind of setup?

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Pre-requisites in web deploy of win app
I have a win form application that is deployed through a web site using the one click.
In the publish tab of the properties of the project, i click the Prerequisites button to add .Net 2.0 and Installer 3.1 and nothing else. I publish my app.
When…

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Install prerequisite (Adobe Reader) from the web using InstallShield 2009
Currently my InstallShield project uses a custom prerequiste to install Adobe Reader on the target machine if it is not already installed.
The prerequisite executable (Adobe Reader SetUp) is installed locally and so it is packaged into the SetUp.exe…

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Visual Studio 2008 Installer - Java prerequisite in Product Manifest
I would like to create an installer for a Java application using Visual Studio 2008 Installer
I have followed the instructions for creating a prerequisite using the tool Bootstrapper Manifest Generator.
How to: Create a Product Manifest
I want to…

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check for required php-extensions
I was asking myself if it is possible to check php files for required extensions like php-gd or php-xml. I'd like to identify all prerequisites to run a certain script.
I hope anyone can help.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
christian
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Reusing InstallShield prerequisites
I'm looking to have a release layout with multiple installers but with a single source for prerequisites, in the following structure:
\Product1\setup.exe
\Product2\setup.exe
\Product3\setup.exe
\Redist
The goal is to launch each prerequisite from…

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How to find the prerequisites or compiler used from a svn?
I am interested in checking out this project http://code.google.com/p/xna-shadow-warrior/ . But I don't know what version of visual studio to use. I got less errors trying visual studio for web but there are still some errors. How do you figure out…

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