wine users - Jan 2009 - Can't install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

Hello, i wanted to install a software that requires the Microsoft Visual C++
2005 Redistributable environment. The software normally includes this installer,
but it didn't work. I tried downloading the Visual C++ directly from
microsoft, and install it. The installer started, showed briefly a progress bar,
and stopped. When i go to uninstall, Visual C++ appears, but can't be
uninstalled.

Finally, i tried to use winetricks to install it. Here is the output i got from
the script :

Code:
Executing wine /home/roland/.winetrickscache/vcrun2005/vcredist_x86.exe
fixme:advapi:DecryptFileA "C:\\windows\\temp\\IXP000.TMP\\" 00000000
fixme:advapi:DecryptFileA "C:\\windows\\temp\\IXP001.TMP\\" 00000000
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"roland" (nil) 0x33f77c (nil)
0x33f780 0x33f774 - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"roland" 0x138b08 0x33f77c
0x137d48 0x33f780 0x33f774 - stub
fixme:msi:ACTION_HandleStandardAction unhandled standard action
L"SetODBCFolders"
fixme:msi:msi_unimplemented_action_stub MsiUnpublishAssemblies -> 10 ignored
L"MsiAssembly" table values
fixme:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim (0x7ee326ac L"fusion.dll", (nil), (nil),
0x33f848): semi-stub
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
fixme:msi:MsiEnumProductsExA (null) (null) 4 0 0x7e1f3698 0x7e1f367c (nil) (nil)
Install of vcrun2005 done



The other application still doesn't run. It gives me errors about missing
dlls, those dlls the Visual C++ installer should install. I checked my system32
folder, the dlls are indeed missing.

I found something about adding win2k to winetricks in order for it to install
this package, but if i do i can find the dlls in my system32 folder, but the
software doesn't run, it gives me errors related to those dlls.

Could someone help me to get this package installed. I ran out of ideas. I even
tried to extract the content of the installer with cabextract to see if i could
find those dlls and install them by hand, but the files inside have strange
names, and i don't know which one to copy where. :?

i have tried that too, in appdb it looks like it should work...dont know where
my problem was, but i gave up and run native solutions.
got Code:Blocks running on Linux with mingw and wxwindows to compile Windows
Apps.
Thats really great i think and better than MSVC

Bob Morane wrote:
> Hello, i wanted to install a software that requires the Microsoft Visual
C++ 2005 Redistributable environment. The software normally includes this
installer, but it didn't work. I tried downloading the Visual C++ directly
from microsoft, and install it. The installer started, showed briefly a progress
bar, and stopped. When i go to uninstall, Visual C++ appears, but can't be
uninstalled.
>
> Finally, i tried to use winetricks to install it. Here is the output i got
from the script :
>
>   
You need to try the last item with a clean wine.

James McKenzie

Bob Morane wrote:
> Hello, i wanted to install a software that requires the Microsoft Visual
C++ 2005 Redistributable environment. The software normally includes this
installer, but it didn't work. I tried downloading the Visual C++ directly
from microsoft, and install it.
There are few known issues with that. Use winetricsk to install msvc runtime:
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

Huh, if i remove Metacity, what Window Manager should i use? [Shocked] 
Metacity is the default Gnome Window Manager. It doesn't have any 3D
acceleration. It would be like removing KWin on a KDE desktop.

chourmovs wrote:
> i've noticed that installing vcrun2008 before 2005 helped for me
 with winetricks i meant  :D