MySql 5.7 installer fails to detect VS 2013 redistributable

Question

Trying to install the latest version of MySQL Server - 5.7.19 - on a clean Windows server machine using the MySql installer MSI package.

On first attempt it told me

Answer 1

My computer system language is Chinese. At first,i install English version of visual c++ 2013 , it can't work. And than, i uninstall visual c++ 2013(en). install visual c++ 2013(cn). it works.

Answer 2

What you need to do is to install the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013, doesn't matter if you have installed the ones of 2015 for some reason. Install both x86 and x64 versions. Here's the link to the installers. Hope it works for you, it did for me.

Answer 3

For a 64-bit MySQL server installation, I suggest updating the 64-bit version of the Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable Package (in my case from 12.0.30501 to 12.0.40660); the Redistributable Package update can found here. I came across this solution on this MySQL Forum post, but used the answer by Prabhat (on a different server) before and it worked too.