MySql 5.7 installer fails to detect VS 2013 redistributable

Question

Trying to install the latest version of MySQL Server - 5.7.19 - on a clean Windows server machine using the MySql installer MSI package.

On first attempt it told me

Answer 1

After checking the solutions posted by users in this thread, both solutions (either installing runtime for both architectures 32 and 64 bits or installing a newer version of runtime) work.

The better solution is to install the newer version of VC++ 2013 x64 runtime. Please make sure you are installing the one with a file version of 12.0.40660.0 as the one the MySQL Installer currently installs is version 12.0.30501.0, and any with this or lower version may cause errors. Thanks to Jafeth Carrillo Salas for the best solution, and to all other users that contributed with other workarounds.

We will fix this issue using the newer runtime version, you can track the status at this MySQL bug link.