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Status: Closed
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Resolution: Won't Fix
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Can you fix the MSI installer for windows so that people can install multiple instances ? Right now, when a machine has had MariaDB already, and using the the MSI installer would not allow to install another instance, instead its asking to fix, change, or remove only .
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It is an "Epic Task" and will require lot of work (and research) , for imo small gain.
It is, typically, NOT what people want to have, like they do not have multiple DEBs or RPMs on a single machine. (but we still allow to install multiple versions) just single one one per major.minor version number combination.
Coping from the reply to the feedback form:
You can definitely run more than one MariaDB instance (i.e Windows service) on a single machine, and do it without MSI installer . Instead, there is a command line utility to accomplish a service installation relatively easily . It is described here http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mysql_install_dbexe/ .
Now, it is true that Windows installer supports multiple instance installations, and Microsoft even uses it for SQLServer setup. However this technology is not well documented and I also found that WiX (tool we use to produce MSI) does not have a good enough /easy to use support for multiple instances. Thus, currently mysql_install_db.exe is the way to go, but if someone provides patches for this multiinstance MSI feature we'll be happy to integrate them.
Best regards,
Vladislav Vaintroub