Visual Studio 2017 installation fails with package install error

Question

I am attempting to install visual studio 2017. I get an error after the installation "Setup Operation Failed"

Below is the install output log.

The log reports this step failed:

Package 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebDeploy.Msi,version=15.0.26430.16,chip=x64' failed to install.

Log:

The product failed to install the listed workloads and components due to one or more package failures.

Incomplete workloads
    .NET Core cross-platform development (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCoreTools,version=15.0.26323.1)
    ASP.NET and web development (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb,version=15.0.26412.1)

Incomplete components
    ASP.NET and web development tools (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Web,version=15.0.26323.1)
    Web Deploy (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WebDeploy,version=15.0.26208.0)
    Windows Communication Foundation (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Wcf.Tooling,version=15.0.26208.0)

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Package 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebDeploy.Msi,version=15.0.26430.16,chip=x64' failed to install.
    Search URL: https://aka.ms/VSSetupErrorReports?q=PackageId=Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebDeploy.Msi;PackageAction=Install;ReturnCode=1720
    Impacted workloads
        .NET Core cross-platform development (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetCoreTools,version=15.0.26323.1)
        ASP.NET and web development (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NetWeb,version=15.0.26412.1)
    Impacted components
        ASP.NET and web development tools (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Web,version=15.0.26323.1)
        Web Deploy (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.WebDeploy,version=15.0.26208.0)
        Windows Communication Foundation (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Wcf.Tooling,version=15.0.26208.0)
    Log
        C:\Users\jawierzb\AppData\Local\Temp\2\dd_setup_20170731130217_255_Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebDeploy.Msi.log
    Details
        MSI: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebDeploy.Msi,version=15.0.26430.16,chip=x64\webdeploy_x64.msi, Properties:  REBOOT=ReallySuppress 
        Return code: 1720
        Return code details: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A script required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. 

It references a detail log file which is too large to fit here but I am scanning it trying to find anything relevant.

Answer 1

The root cause of this issue turned out to be a windows problem. The WMI repository was corrupted. I re-installed windows and the install succeeded.