Error: “MSVCP90.dll: No such file or directory” even though Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package is installed

Question

I\'m trying to build a package from source by executing python setup.py py2exe

This is the section of code from setup.py, I suppose would be relevant:

Answer 1

I would recommend ignoring the dependency outright. Add MSVCP90.dll to the list of dll_excludes given as an option to py2exe. Users will have to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributable. An example:

setup(
    options = {
            "py2exe":{
            ...
            "dll_excludes": ["MSVCP90.dll", "HID.DLL", "w9xpopen.exe"],
            ...
        }
    },
    console = [{'script': 'program.py'}]
)