Suggestion: Add documentation note about Git and Visual C++ Redistributables

[brendonthiede]

I think the documentation should mention the need for Git and specific Visual C++ Redistributable versions.

When installing on a fresh Windows 11 system, I ran into two issues:

1. Missing Git - The install script clearly indicated this in the output, and it was easily resolved with:

winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget

2. Missing MSVCR120.dll - Even though Windows 11 already included the 2015+ redistributables, after installation of rbenv and using Ruby (version 3.4.7-1), running ruby --version gave the following error:

The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix the problem.

I fixed this by installing the 2013 redistributable:

winget install --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2013.x64 -e --source winget

It might help new users if the documentation briefly mentioned these dependencies and how to install them using winget. Also of note, I did not install 7zip and everything seemed to install and work fine without it.

[ccmywish]

@brendonthiede

Thanks for reporting this issue.

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I did not install 7zip

Your system does have it, because we use 7z.exe to extract things from the command line.

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Missing MSVCR120.dll

The missing MSVCR120.dll is required by ruby.exe which is compiled by DMD compiler (even the newest version). I think it's to address the compatibility issues of the old Windows.

Thank you for pointing out a suitable solution for new Windows! Would you be willing to submit a PR?

[Dingdash]

I think the documentation should mention the need for Git and specific Visual C++ Redistributable versions.

When installing on a fresh Windows 11 system, I ran into two issues:

1. Missing Git - The install script clearly indicated this in the output, and it was easily resolved with:

winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget
2. Missing MSVCR120.dll - Even though Windows 11 already included the 2015+ redistributables, after installation of rbenv and using Ruby (version 3.4.7-1), running ruby --version gave the following error:

The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix the problem.

I fixed this by installing the 2013 redistributable:

winget install --id Microsoft.VCRedist.2013.x64 -e --source winget
It might help new users if the documentation briefly mentioned these dependencies and how to install them using winget. Also of note, I did not install 7zip and everything seemed to install and work fine without it.

thank you this worked :) im using windows 11