File Not Found Installation Error

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File Not Found Installation Error

Phil Parkin

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October 29, 2014 at 5:08 am

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Hello all
I am attempting to install SQL Server 2014 Development Edition on an AWS Windows 2012 R2 server which has very little else on it.
After adding the prerequisite .NET Framework 3.5 'feature', I tried the installation. Most components (Management Tools, Integration Services, SQL Browser etc) were installed successfully, but the database engine was not.
The error message is as per the attachment:
Error installing SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Source file not found: [localpath]\SQLServer\x64\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_msi\PFiles\SqlServr\120\Shared\feb5puqn.dll. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.
Error code: 1308
The message is correct: the file is definitely not there. Nor is it anywhere else on my local hard drive, which already has the software installed (Windows 7 o/s).
If you try searching for that file on Google, there are currently zero results.
Has anyone seen it before or got any ideas what may be going on? Thanks.
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The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 1

Do you install from an .iso you downloaded?

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246961 More actions · Answer 2

Koen Verbeeck (10/29/2014)
Do you install from an .iso you downloaded?

It was an iso, but I extracted the files from it using 7-Zip and then did the install from the extracted files.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 3

Phil Parkin (10/29/2014)
Koen Verbeeck (10/29/2014)
Do you install from an .iso you downloaded?
It was an iso, but I extracted the files from it using 7-Zip and then did the install from the extracted files.

Maybe something went wrong during the download or extraction phase?

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246961 More actions · Answer 4

Wow, great thinking sir! That does indeed appear to be the case.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 5

Phil Parkin (10/29/2014)
Wow, great thinking sir! That does indeed appear to be the case.

Bumped against that wall a few times myself 🙂

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246961 More actions · Answer 6

That's a new one for me, but I hope I've learned my lesson in the process.

I just had to dig that file out of the original ISO archive and add it to my extracted file structure and then everything worked as usual. Thanks again.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin

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Phil Parkin - Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:31 AM
That's a new one for me, but I hope I've learned my lesson in the process.I just had to dig that file out of the original ISO archive and add it to my extracted file structure and then everything worked as usual.Thanks again.

Thanks Phil and Koven. I'd been investigating this issue in a different angle. you both saved me a lot of time....