MySQL Bugs: #75281: Connector/ODBC 5.3.4 not installable

Bug #75281	Connector/ODBC 5.3.4 not installable
Submitted:	21 Dec 2014 14:47	Modified:	8 Jan 2015 8:34
Reporter:	Karsten Malcher	Email Updates:
Status:	Verified	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / ODBC	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5.3.4	OS:	Windows (7 (6.1.76))
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
I tried to install the ODBC MySQL driver i downloaded here:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/file.php?id=453004

The installation started but fails with an not understandable Error report.
I will attach an Screenshot when i will find out how i can do this ...

How to repeat:
Insall the driver

Error installing the driver

Attachment: Win7-6.jpg (image/jpeg, text), 48.88 KiB.

It seems that the msvcr100.dll was missing.
I found this issue after trying the zip version of the driver and starting the Install.bat.

After installing of the DLL the installation of the msi is working.

It would be a good idea to check this or give an understandable error message.

Hello Karsten Malcher,

Thank you for the bug report.
Prerequisites for C/ODBC installation is that you have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package installed on your system before trying to install C/ODBC.
See, manual page which explains this - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-odbc/en/connector-odbc-installation-binary-windows.html
I consider this as minor bug i.e meaningful error message when dll missing rather than absurd message.
To reproduce this issue - either try to install C/ODBC on a box where pre-requisites are not installed or just rename the dll and try to install.

Thanks,
Chiranjeevi.

Posted by developer:
 
The issue is being dealt with on RE level.
For the new version it is a newer version of VS runtime. (msvcr120.dll)