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Options for additional contents during install?

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#34 opened on Nov 4, 2016

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Would it be possible to allow install options for additional MS Build Tools?

For instance, I ran into an issue where the oracledb module has a dependency on MSVCR100.dll which is part of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package. It would be awesome if windows-build-tools could optionally auto-install additional contents such as this.

32Bit: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=8328

64Bit: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523

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Review the installation script (likely index.js or similar) to understand how MS Build Tools are currently installed. Then add an optional parameter to allow installing additional Visual C++ redistributable packages (e.g., vcredist x86.exe and vcredist x64.exe). Ensure the download URLs are configurable.
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