I'm trying to get MetaSort downloaded from GitHub, and I've already installed Rust and Exiftool as instructed, but I'm still facing error messages in Windows PowerShell. I found a post that discusses this software, which is supposed to help organize my Google Takeout pictures into neat, dated, geo-tagged files for backup. I'm not very familiar with coding, so I'm a bit lost in the process and would appreciate any advice.
Here's the step-by-step I've followed: I downloaded the Zip file of MetaSort from GitHub and extracted it. When I right-clicked the "MetaSort-main" folder and selected "Open in terminal," I pastes "scripts/install_windows.bat" into PowerShell, but that led to errors prompting me to install Rust. After doing that and retrying, I got errors about needing Exiftool, which I then installed. Now I'm at yet another set of error messages, and I'm unsure what to do next. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
2 Answers
On the Reddit thread, a lot of folks were frustrated by the source code requirement, and it seems like no precompiled files are available. I totally understand your pain! If you need to find the Visual Studio Build Tools, you can download them directly from the Microsoft website—they're just the build tools, not the full Visual Studio software. Let me know if you need help with that!
It sounds like you're trying to build some dependencies from source but are missing link.exe. This is essential for compiling C/C++ programs. You should install the Visual Studio Build Tools to get the necessary compiler and linker. It's probably the easiest route. Also, check if there's a precompiled version of MetaSort available; using that could save you the hassle of building it yourself.
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