Error: Could not open 'libcmt.lib'

[bauss]

On Monday, 25 October 2021 at 14:43:06 UTC, Willem wrote:
> Just starting out new with D.  Up until now I have been using 
> Python and a bit of OCaml.
>
> Error when linking: "lld-link: error: could not open 
> 'libcmt.lib': no such file or directory"
>
> What I did:  I installed the complete D setup in my Windows 10 
> PC -- including VS 2019.
>
> From the command line "C:\D\dmd2vars64.bat" I was able to 
> creating a simple program with "dub init hello"
>
> When executing it with "dub run hello" I get following error:
>
> "lld-link: error: could not open 'libcmt.lib': no such file or 
> directory"
>
> However -- running "dub run --arch=x86" did work
>
> dmd --version
> DMD64 D Compiler v2.098.0-dirty
>
> dub --version
> DUB version 1.27.0, built on Oct 10 2021
>
> Searching the forum it appear to be related to MS runtimes... 
> but I have not yet been able to resolve it. Any suggestions 
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Many Thanks.

C++ runtime needs to be installed I believe.