Xamarin Android installation fails

Question

I am trying to install Xamarin for Android, and I have a very strange problem, and I can not find any help anywhere. As soon as the installation starts, and I click the "Next" button on the screen with the answer about whether I want to collect information, it does nothing. When checking the log file, it always cancels the installation due to an internal error, I will copy the log section that gives me the information:

[287C:256C][2013-01-13T14:02:06]: Caching bundle from: 'C:\Users\MAXIPO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{e9ab888e-6304-4ba3-b36a-b1a350d36592}\.be\XamarinSetup.exe' to: 'C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{e9ab888e-6304-4ba3-b36a-b1a350d36592}\XamarinSetup.exe' [287C:256C][2013-01-13T14:02:07]: Registering bundle dependency provider: {e9ab888e-6304-4ba3-b36a-b1a350d36592}, version: 3.0.0.0 [2464:19E4][2013-01-13T14:02:07]: Prompt for source of container: WixAttachedContainer, path: C:\Soft\Android\XamarinSetup.exe [2464:19E4][2013-01-13T14:02:07]: Failed to resolve source for file: C:\Soft\Android\XamarinSetup.exe, error: 0x80070642. [2464:19E4][2013-01-13T14:02:07]: Error 0x80070642: Failed while prompting for source (original path 'C:\Soft\Android\XamarinSetup.exe'). [2464:19E4][2013-01-13T14:02:07]: Failed to acquire container: WixAttachedContainer to working path: C:\Users\MAXIPO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{e9ab888e-6304-4ba3-b36a-b1a350d36592}\4675EB82A6A7F3C48F80571AB6E8495BD1C803BA, error: 0x80070642. [2464:2930][2013-01-13T14:02:07]: Error 0x80070642: Failed while caching, aborting execution. 

Could not find source for file: XamarinSetup.exe. This file never exists, I never found that it even updated the folder many times during installation if it was deleted during the process. I see that it starts copying files to a temporary folder, and suddenly all of them disappear (I'm sure due to cancellation). I run it on Windows 7, any idea? I searched for a solution for several days, even changing permissions in my system, providing access to the guest, my user, administrator, and therefore stands in all directions just in case.

Sincerely.

Answer 1

Despite the problem, I could finally install everything. Thanks to Xamarin support, I knew that automatic installation does not always work, so it’s much better to install each package manually. Therefore, the instructions they gave me are as follows:

Manual installation seems to get a trial version of Mono for Android. Follow the instructions below: Download and install the packages shown below in the order shown:

• JDK 1.6: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u31-download-1501634.html Please select the jdk-6u31-windows-i586.exe installation from the list above.

• Android SDK: http://dl.google.com/android/installer_r20-windows.exe After the main installer is complete, open the SDK manager and install the following platform APIs: 7,8,10,12,14

• GTK #: http://download.xamarin.com/Installer/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.win32.msi

• MonoDevelop: http://download.xamarin.com/monodevelop/Windows/MonoDevelop-3.0.5.msi

• Mono for Android SDK: http://download.xamarin.com/MonoforAndroid/Windows/mono-android-4.4.55.104956787.msi

You can skip steps 3 and 4 if you do not need / not use MonoDevelop and use VisualStudio (2010 Professional or better) instead. In this case, before performing step 5, you must install VS.

Always keep in mind to install the API in step 2, also JDK 1.6 is not the last, so it will prompt you to install 1.7 instead.