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Small MCRInstaller.exe is needed

Pyeongwoo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:00:21 -0400

I made some analysis tool, and I converted it into stand
alone binary to provide it to the other engineers.

But MCRInstaller.exe that I have to distribute is almost
140MB.

Is there any way to make it smaller like 50MB?
My version is "7.5.0.342 (R2007b)"

Re: Small MCRInstaller.exe is needed

roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:23:30 -0400

In article <g6tcll$1dq$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
Pyeongwoo <pyeongwoo.lee@magnachip.com> wrote:
>I made some analysis tool, and I converted it into stand
>alone binary to provide it to the other engineers.

>But MCRInstaller.exe that I have to distribute is almost
>140MB.

>Is there any way to make it smaller like 50MB?
>My version is "7.5.0.342 (R2007b)"

Sorry, no, there isn't. It is effectively a compressed version
of all of the inner guts of Matlab, everything needed to
actually run a Matlab program (except the program parser),
including all of the major graphic routines.

Matlab programs no longer compile into C code that calls upon
the Matlab engine at need: Matlab programs now compile into
pre-parsed "threaded" calls into the Matlab inner workings,
very close to the same way that source code that has passed through the
JIT (Just In Time) compiler behaves for "live" Matlab.

--
"Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later."
-- Walter Reisch

Re: Small MCRInstaller.exe is needed

Scott Burnside — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:03:01 -0400

"Pyeongwoo " <pyeongwoo.lee@magnachip.com> wrote in
message <g6tcll$1dq$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I made some analysis tool, and I converted it into stand
> alone binary to provide it to the other engineers.
>
> But MCRInstaller.exe that I have to distribute is almost
> 140MB.
>
> Is there any way to make it smaller like 50MB?
> My version is "7.5.0.342 (R2007b)"
>
>
Hmmm.

I usually just run the new executable which creates a
_mcr. Then I move the executable, .ctf and _mcr to the
deployment target. I've never run MCRInstaller.

Scott

Re: Small MCRInstaller.exe is needed

Loren Shure — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:55:57 -0400

In article <g6tgb5$es0$1@fred.mathworks.com>, no@spam.com says...
> "Pyeongwoo " <pyeongwoo.lee@magnachip.com> wrote in
> message <g6tcll$1dq$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > I made some analysis tool, and I converted it into stand
> > alone binary to provide it to the other engineers.
> >
> > But MCRInstaller.exe that I have to distribute is almost
> > 140MB.
> >
> > Is there any way to make it smaller like 50MB?
> > My version is "7.5.0.342 (R2007b)"
> >
> >
> Hmmm.
>
> I usually just run the new executable which creates a
> _mcr. Then I move the executable, .ctf and _mcr to the
> deployment target. I've never run MCRInstaller.
>
> Scott
>

If you also have MATLAB installed, you don't need to install the MCR.
The MCR is meant especially for folks who don't have MATLAB at all.

--
Loren
http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/