How do I know which VC runtime to install?

[giddycadet]

I have installed a game which requires some form of VC runtime, I think. It is throwing errors about files like VCRUNTIME140_APP.dll, vccorlib140_app.DLL, MSVCP140_APP.dll, etc. I know that these files (well at least versions of them that don't have _app at the end) are available from multiple different versions of vcruntime. HOWEVER: I just spent half an hour running this one installer for the second time (as in literally waiting for it to finish not troubleshooting) and now that I know it is [url=viewtopic.php?t=30576]not possible to uninstall and replace a vcruntime[url], I do not want to guess wrong. How do I figure out which version of vcruntime will function, and which will make me start from scratch again? The one I guessed first was 2019 btw

[giddycadet]

On an unrelated topic, I have to give Wine props for being the only piece of Linux software to have a 100% failure rate with its error logs. I have never once figured out what package I need to install by looking at what dlls it's missing. It is utterly opaque to me. Is such information even IN the logs anywhere? in some place or some format that I haven't seen or don't understand? Or is every answer ever given on this forum a result of rote memorization learned off so many flashcards? Is there some sort of database or archive associating every common DLL with its required package? Is it all thousands of hours of trial and error? The amount of information I feel I am lacking every time I encounter a problem is overwhelming. Every unexplained assumption of knowledge that I simply do not have is palpable. How can anyone ever touch this software and come away feeling satisfied, fulfilled by the quick and easy solving of an inconsequential problem? It is maddening.

[giddycadet]

bump. still have no idea how to figure out which one i need. at least i now know to back up the bottle before installing the wrong dependency.