A prerequisite is something, normally a piece of software, that is required to perform another task
Questions tagged [prerequisites]
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.NET framework pre requisite
Hello friends i need an explanation regarding .NET framework pre-requisite while installing the published application in the target machine.
As java is downward compatible, by which i mean that if i have installed java v1.6 and if the application is…

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makefile: % pattern in prerequisite $(variable)
I have something like this that works:
target1.PREREQUISITES = file11 file12 file13
target2.PREREQUISITES = file21 file22 file23
$(myDir)target1.sfx : $(target1.PREREQUISITES)
$(myDir)target2.sfx : $(target2.PREREQUISITES)
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Add Visual C++ 2012 Redestribution (x86) as a prerequisite (Custom Prerequisites)
I need to add Visual C++ 2012 Redestribution (x86) as a prerequisite to an installer that I have created using VS 2016. But in order to do that I have to create product.xml along with package.xml in bootsrapper folder. Many posts suggest that to use…

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Error downloading prerequisites after publishing ClickOnce application from VS 2015
For a software development project we have developed a setup , wherein prerequisite software's will be downloaded from vendors website. Prerequisites are .Net 4.5 and SqlLocalDB2012. But when setup runs it gets the following error.
Following is the…

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How to install rst2man on windows
I am trying to install the rst2man client for windows after recieveing this message:
'rest2man' not found, man page not installed.
This is a prerequisite to install https://github.com/bluss/git-remote-gcrypt which I will install later.
The only…

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Bootstrapper, Sync Framework 2.1 - Prerequisites
EDIT: After even more searching I found a way to complete this.
I used This preview page to alter my Product.xml
then I copied some of my existing Product.xml to Check if it is installed already.
So I successfully implemented the Sync Framework 2.1…

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Compound course prerequisites (One or more of a,b,c and either x or y as well as z style)
Thanks everyone for the input, especially during the closing hours of the bounty, it's been incredible helpful.
This is a followup question to Select courses that are completely satisfied by a given list of prerequisites, and further explains the…

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How to rename a Prerequisite
I am new in installshield.I created a new Prerequisite, but I do not see where I can change the name so that when you run the install it does not show up as "MySetupPrerequisite1". how can I change this name so the user sees a better description of…

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Select courses that are completely satisfied by a given list of prerequisites
I'm trying to write an SQL query that will return a list of courses that a person is eligible for given a list of their completed subjects (to be used as prerequisites).
I have my database laid out as such.
Prerequisite:
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How to include prerequisites with msi/Setup.exe in WIX
I'm trying to combine my package in a single setup EXE file and upload it to the Internet.
I have created a Microsoft bootstrapper that contains Setup.exe with project MSI output, and pre-requisite .NET Framework 2.0, Windows Installer 3.1 , Visual…

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Makefile rule using the automatic variable $^ without dependencies
I learnt from the GNU Make manual that the sign $^ is an automatic variable which represents the names of all the prerequisites. However I fell upon a makefile like this one:
SVR_OBJECT_FILES = server.o\
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In Visual Studio 2012 where does ClickOnce "Publish" expect to find the .Net 4 client profile?
The Publish feature stopped working once I installed Visual Studio 2012. Publish cannot find the prerequisite Microsoft .Net Framework 4 Client Profile (x86 and x64). Previously in Visual Studio 2010 this worked fine. I use 64-bit Windows 7.
The…

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ASP.Net MVC 3 : Production environnement
I've developed a small site with ASP.NET MVC3, I will have to deploy in the next few days, and I would like to know which prerequisite the server should have(like this I can contact their IT service to be sure they have everything).
They already…

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How can I properly publish my Windows desktop application in such a way that will ensure the end user has the right files needed to run it?
I have created a small desktop application using .NET 4 for generating an authentication string. It runs fine on my Windows 7 computer, however when I deployed it to our QA guy on his Vista machine, it gave him an error saying he needed to install…

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how to make my "Login" use case prerequisite to other usecases in UML
I'm creating a UseCase diagram for a library management system . I have a "Login" usecase which every actor should do befor going to other usecases . in other words , I want to show that "Login" usecase is the prerequisite to other usecases .…

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