MaplePrimes - answers and comments on Question, Installing Maple 15 without MSVC

don't panic

acer — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:07:10 Z

The batch file in question is part of the MSVC++ compiler (and SDK). It just sets up the PATH and LIB and INC dir for that C/C++ compiler, appropriate for the 64bit version.

If you haven't installed the MSVC++ then you won't have that batch file.

If you don't have it, then don't worry. Everything in Maple should work fine without it, except the Compiler package (which in turn gets used automatically by almost nothing in Maple -- it's a means to speed some things up, is all).

The Compiler package also provides a Setup command to configure the external (in this case, 64bit MSVC++) compiler as a separate step, from within any later Maple session.

So, don't panic, if you can't set this part up at installation time.

acer

Don't Panic

Michael — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:10:57 Z

Thanks.

You (or whoever worries about these things) might want to consider that the installation instructions are kind of misleading - the wording states that MSVC++ is "required" for installation.

Anyway, its installed now and working OK.

Thanks again.

Which version of MSVC++ does Maple 15 (Win7 64bits) need?

Louie Valeña — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:47:19 Z

Is Visual C++ 2010 Express ok?