Do users need to install VS runtime redistributable if linking with Microsoft linker?

[Sebastiaan Koppe via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 09:15:29 UTC, ponce wrote:
> On Monday, 28 September 2015 at 16:01:54 UTC, Sebastiaan Koppe 
> wrote:
>> I could not find out which redistributable I had to install 
>> (what version of VS did you have installed / on what version 
>> of windows are you?). I decided to install them all, but 
>> couldn't install the one for 2015 (due to 
>> Windows6.1-KB2999226-x64.msu). After trying some workarounds I 
>> gave up.
>>
>
> You need the VC++ 2015 64-bit redistributable.

Can you either link statically or try an older version of VC, one 
that is more likely to be found in the wild? (or does ldc require 
2015?)

I really want to try your game :)