VS 2019 - Layout and Offline Installation - Missing packages

Question

I am trying to create a VSLayout for an offline installation on a server for an Azure Agent Build environment, and I am creating my layout like this:

.\vs_Enterprise.exe --layout c:\VSLayout --lang en-Us --add Microsoft.Component.MSBuild --includeOptional

I then move it to my server and attempt the installation like this:

vs_Enterprise.exe --noweb --add Microsoft.Component.MSBuild --includeOptional

No matter what I try, I always seem to get an error saying that some packages are missing and can't be installed. I have tried many different combinations of workloads and package IDs but I can't seem to get this to work. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

Hi @Great Scott ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Please check the system requirements of VS2019 and upgrade your agent to the latest version.

And use the –fix parameter to fix the missing package files. It requires an internet connection.
Then, move the complete layout to the machine without internet and retry the installation.

Besides, MSBuild is included by the Desktop development with C++ workload. You can try to add Desktop development with C++ workload to install it
vs_Enterprise.exe --layout c:\VSLayout --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --includeOptional --lang en-US

Sincerely,
Anna
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