shibboleth-sp-3.0.4.2-win64 install issue on Server 2016

[Tom King]

Dear All,

I’m trying to install shibboleth-sp-3.0.4.2-win64.msi on a clean and fully patched Windows Server 2016 system. I’ve downloaded the installer and verified the checksum, and am running it using administrator powershell from C:\Temp.

Msiexec returns the error “This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.”. The log produced by this process is copied below.

I have the same issue with shibboleth-sp-3.0.3.0-win64.msi so I suspect some issue with my environment, but I can’t think what that might be. My antivirus (Sophos Central) isn’t recording any activity. The system already had vc++ versions 2008 (x86,x64) and 2017 (x86) installed, and I installed 2015-2019 x64 myself before downloading shib.

If anyone has any ideas what the issue may be, I’d be very grateful.

Kind regards,

Tom







=== Verbose logging started: 10/02/2020  16:14:18  Build type: SHIP UNICODE 5.00.10011.00  Calling process: C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe ===
MSI (c) (5C:40) [16:14:18:343]: Font created.  Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg

MSI (c) (5C:40) [16:14:18:343]: Font created.  Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg

MSI (c) (5C:E4) [16:14:18:359]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (c) (5C:E4) [16:14:18:359]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (5C:E4) [16:14:18:359]: ******* RunEngine:
           ******* Product: .\shibboleth-sp-3.0.4.2-win64.msi
           ******* Action:
           ******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (c) (5C:E4) [16:14:18:359]: Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0
MSI (c) (5C:E4) [16:14:18:374]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer 3: 2
MSI (c) (5C:E4) [16:14:18:374]: Note: 1: 1324 2: . 3: 1
MSI (c) (5C:E4) [16:14:18:374]: MainEngineThread is returning 2
=== Verbose logging stopped: 10/02/2020  16:14:18 ===



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