[wix-users] How do I package VS2015 Redistributables?

[shashank khadse]

Use Wix bundle for packaging the pre-reqs.

You can refer following snippet of Bundle.wxs in my case for adding pre-req
of 2010


   <Chain>

      <PackageGroupRef Id="VC10_Redist_x64" />

      <MsiPackage SourceFile="$(var.MyInstaller.TargetDir)MyInstaller.msi"
                  Compressed="yes"
                  ForcePerMachine="yes"
                  DisplayInternalUI="yes"
                  Visible="no"
                  Vital="yes"
                  DisplayName="Display Name"
                  Id="MyMsi"
                  LogPathVariable="LOGPATH_PROP" />
    </Chain>

     <Fragment>
    <util:RegistrySearch
           Id="VC2010_Redist_x64_Search"
           Variable="VC2010_Redist_x64_Installed"     <==== Variable to
check if already installed on m/c
           Result="exists"
           Root="HKLM"

Key="SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\VC\VCRedist\x64"
           Win64="yes" />

    <PackageGroup Id="VC10_Redist_x64">
      <ExePackage Id="vcredist2010x64"

SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)..\Installer\MyProj\PreRequisites\VCRedist\vcredist_2010_x64.exe"
                  Cache="yes"
                  PerMachine="yes"
                  Vital="yes"
                  Compressed="yes"
                  InstallCommand="/quiet /norestart"
                  DetectCondition="VC2010_Redist_x64_Installed"    <====
Variable defined in the RegistrySearch
                  Permanent="yes" />
    </PackageGroup>

  </Fragment>

First check if the redist is already installed by registry search and if
not then the vcredist package will be installed.

Let me know if it works in ur case.



On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Jon Earle <earlej at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have rebuilt our client using VS2015 (update from VS2005).  It now,
> obviously, has a dependency on the VC2015 runtime libs.  I tried to add the
> CRT merge module, but that was insufficient to allow the app to work.  I
> then read that MS has made a new runtime - a "universal" crt... and they
> won't make a merge module for it.
>
> Clearly, this is a big problem!  Product managers don't wish to force
> customers to download and install a separate 14MB vcredist.exe package, nor
> do I consider it very acceptable to embed that into the installer.
>
> What are people doing then, to accommodate the new requirements of
> VC2015?  Is it possible any longer, to create one MSI that installs the
> client (all of the various apps) and the runtimes to satisfy the
> dependencies?
>
> Cheers!
>
>
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