问题
I am creating the installer for my application using a "Visual Studio Installer" project type in Visual Studio 2017.
I want my installer to install visual c++ redistributable 2015 with my application. I've downloaded the vc_redist.x86.exe file, included it in my project, and I'm trying to do the install as a custom action on "install". I am launching with the arguments /install /passive /norestart.
When I execute my installer, when it does the custom action, I get this error:
There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.
I can run vc_redist.x86.exe /install /passive /norestart at the command prompt with no problem or errors.
Any suggestions or alternative ways to include Visual C++ redistributable as part of my install?
回答1:
Recommendation: Migrate to WiX Burn (bootstrapper / downloader / sequencer) to allow more future flexibility and control (WiX links below).
Alternatively try the prerequisites section below first (select the "
Visual Studio 14" entries for install) or try the merge modules available (section below). Please pay attention to the disclaimers for the merge modules.
- WiX Burn XML Markup Sample.
- WiX Burn Information & Simple Markup Sample - with lots of links for further information.
- WiX - Install Prerequisites and 3rd party applications
Logging & Mutex: What does the log file say? From a technical point of view the usual problem is that you can not install another MSI package from within your own running MSI setup due to technical runtime restrictions. A mutex is set to prevent several MSI installation transactions to happen at once. Check the logs. This redistributable is MSI-based I believe - so you will see this problem when running the EXE from a custom action like you do.
Deployment Tools: Visual Studio Installer Projects are very limited, and it seems most people migrate away from them to another deployment tool over time. Maybe have a look here - and here is a list of tools. WiX's Burn feature (bootstrapper / downloader / sequencer) can achieve what you need. Also read PhilDW's answer here.
Prerequisites: Visual Studio Installer Projects do have a prerequisites view (click the Prerequisites... button) where a limited number of prerequisites can be defined for installation via the setup.exe bootstrapper (not kicked off from within your MSI itself, but from its bootstrapper setup.exe - this means you don't kick off the install from within your own MSI, but before it starts to install - and it can hence work correctly). I am not sure if the entries for "Visual Studio 14" are for the runtime version you need. You could give it a try I suppose.
Merge Modules: There are merge modules to install the Visual Studio Runtime (see here, section "Visual C++ Runtime" - quite a bit down the page), but they seem inadequate these days for reasons explained here (very important). Essentially the Visual Studio Runtime is more complicated from 2015 onwards - and the EXE installer is preferred. Must read link - please. In order to locate relevant merge modules, please search for *.msm files underneath %ProgramFiles(x86)% - if you have Visual Studio (and / or the Windows SDK) installed. Merge modules can be installed embedded in your own package without the need for a setup.exe launcher. In Visual Studio, right click your installer project, Add, then Merge Module...
回答2:
You can't run that redistributable as a custom action because it's an MSI-based install, and you cannot run recursive MSI installs (yours calling the VC redist one).
In Visual Studio setup projects you're supposed to use the Prerequisites feature. Right-click the setup project in Solution Explorer, choose Properties, then Prerequisites. This will build a setup.exe to install prerequisites followed by your MSI file. As far as I can tell, the Microsoft Visual C++ 14 is the Visual Studio 2015 runtimes.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52119157/visual-studio-2017-installer-project-include-vc-2015-redistributable