LKBEN11741: How to skip installation of visual C/C++ redistributables (vc_redist) when a version is already installed.
Symptom
You need to install dependencies but your installation fails because a version is already installed.
Cause
This happens with MSI Installations when you already have a similar version on your system.
Solution
If you find the following in your logs:
Execution failed with exit code [1638]
This error menas that another version of the program is already installed. A possible solution to install this MSI can be to add parameters to ignore error exit codes. (e.g. 1638)
... -Parameters '/install /quiet /norestart' -IgnoreExitCodes '1638'
To ignore error 1638 in PSADT (= powershell toolkit) you can use the following line in your install script:
Execute-Process -Path $scriptDirectory"\.\Files\vc_redist.x64.exe" -Parameters '/install /quiet /norestart' -IgnoreExitCodes '1638'
Hope this helps.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 23/08/2024