Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Cookbook

Installs Microsoft Visual C++ runtime version 6 (2005), 9 (2008), 10 (2010), 11 (2012), 12 (2013), 14 (2015) or 15 (2017) on Windows.

Requirements

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows 2012
• Microsoft Windows 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows 2016
• Microsoft Windows 2019

Chef

• Chef 12.6+

Attributes

There are individual attributes within the attributes files for the URL, checksum and package name of each Visual C++ runtime major and minor version.

If you wish to install anything except the latest packages, you may set one of

• node['vcruntime']['vc6']['version']
• node['vcruntime']['vc9']['version']
• node['vcruntime']['vc10']['version']
• node['vcruntime']['vc11']['version']
• node['vcruntime']['vc12']['version']
• node['vcruntime']['vc14']['version']
• node['vcruntime']['vc15']['version']

to the appropriate version.

It will install 32 bit version alongside 64bit version on 64bit systems.

Usage

Include the default recipe to install all supported versions:

{
  "name": "my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[vcruntime]"
  ]
}

Include vcruntime::vc6, vcruntime::vc9, vcruntime::vc10, vcruntime::vc11, vcruntime::vc12, or vcruntime::vc14 in your node's run_list to install specific versions only:

{
  "name": "my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[vcruntime::vc6]"
  ]
}

License

Copyright: 2013-2019, Chef Software, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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