[Package Issue]: Microsoft.WindowsTerminal Installer fails with exit code 0x80073d06

[lackovic]

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• [X] I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
• [X] I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

Category of the issue

Installation issue.

Brief description of your issue

Upgrading WindowsTerminal 1.18.2822.0 to 1.18.3181.0 with winget upgrade -h --all fails with the error:

Installer failed with exit code: 0x80073d06 : The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed.
A higher version of this application is already installed.

Steps to reproduce

Run on PowerShell as Administrator:

winget upgrade -h --all

Actual behavior

The upgrade fails with the following error:

Found Windows Terminal [Microsoft.WindowsTerminal] Version 1.18.3181.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Installing dependencies:
(1/1) Found Microsoft.UI.Xaml [Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8] Version 8.2306.22001.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
  ████████████████████████████▌   95%
Installer failed with exit code: 0x80073d06 : The package could not be installed because a higher version of this package is already installed.
A higher version of this application is already installed.

Expected behavior

The upgrade succeeds without errors.

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.6.3133
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.2715
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3133.0

Screenshots and Logs

WinGet-2023-11-24-10-05-23.195.log

[Trenly]

Use --skip-dependencies to skip the Ui.Xaml package that is failing

[lackovic]

Use --skip-dependencies to skip the Ui.Xaml package that is failing

Thanks, that worked with:

> winget upgrade -h Microsoft.WindowsTerminal --skip-dependencies
Found Windows Terminal [Microsoft.WindowsTerminal] Version 1.18.3181.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Dependencies skipped.
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
  ████████████████████████████▌   95%
Successfully installed. Restart the application to complete the upgrade.

but did not work with:

> winget upgrade -h --all --skip-dependencies
Name             Id                        Version     Available   Source
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Terminal Microsoft.WindowsTerminal 1.18.2822.0 1.18.3181.0 winget

Installing dependencies:
This package requires the following dependencies:
  - Packages
      Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8 [>= 8.2306.22001.0]
(1/2) Found Windows Terminal [Microsoft.WindowsTerminal] Version 1.18.3181.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Installing dependencies:
(1/1) Found Microsoft.UI.Xaml [Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8] Version 8.2306.22001.0
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
  ████████████████████████████▌   95%
Installer failed with exit code: 0x80070002 : The system cannot find the file specified.

Three questions:

1. What does imply to install an app without its dependencies? If it's a dependency isn't it required for the app to properly function?
2. In these cases, would it be possible to get a more user-friendly error message, something on the lines of "A dependency installation failed, to skip that installation use the argument --skip-dependencies"
3. Will this problem with the Microsoft.WindowsTerminal package be resolved at some point or do we need to use indefinetely the --skip-dependencies workaround?

[Trenly]

1) Skipping dependencies isn’t always a bad thing. In this case, theres something weird going on with the version detection (based on the error message) so you already have the dependency installed. Its also possible that a package could require a generic package like a JRE or JDK, and a user might have a specific one they use instead of the one the pckage lists as a dependency.

2) I think they should; Not sure if its a bug or if it needs a feature request; Either way, can probably just re-title this issue and make it focused on that

3) It should be resolved eventually, once the community identifies what the issue is with the Xaml 2.8 package

[hubertsvk]

> winget upgrade -h --all --skip-dependencies resolved this issue but after then ....

> winget upgrade --all
No installed package found matching input criteria.
1 package(s) have version numbers that cannot be determined. Use --include-unknown to see all results.
> winget upgrade --include-unknown
No installed package found matching input criteria.

[otto-liljalaakso-nt]

3. Will this problem with the Microsoft.WindowsTerminal package be resolved at some point or do we need to use indefinetely the --skip-dependencies workaround?

3. It should be resolved eventually, once the community identifies what the issue is with the Xaml 2.8 package

Let's open a new issue about that, then: #128252

[BrandonWanHuanSheng]

It look like https://storeedgefd.dsx.mp.microsoft.com/v9.0/packageManifests/9NSTH9KHZDLQ where is the correlation data? But the id was found on Microsoft Store in URL. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/microsoft-ui-xaml-2-8/9NSTH9KHZDLQ?hl=en-US&gl=US