In SharePoint 2010 there is a prerequisite installer. There are options to install the prerequisites from a local source.
That's great, but is it also possible to tell the prerequitiinstaller to download the files and keep them in its prerequisite directory?
I don't want to download the files manually as it is a big pain in the back to get these files from the Microsoft website.
After posting this I realized you wanted to get the prereqinstaller to do the download for you. However if you download them once yourself you can simply store the 6 files in your own directory.
just went thru this myself last week- I found this on the net somewhere and it worked:
1.) Place the downloaded files into a directory. For my example: C:\sp
2.) Run the following command via command prompt within the root directory of the install media:
PreRequisiteInstaller.exe /SQLnCli:C:\sp\sqlncli.msi /ChartControl:C:\sp\MSChart.exe /PowerShell:C:\sp\PowerShell_Setup_amd64.msi /Sync:C:\sp\Synchronization.msi /IDFX:C:\sp\MicrosoftGenevaFramework.amd64.msi /adomd:C:\sp\SQLSERVER2008_ASADOMD10.msi
the prereqs are:
sqlclient,powershell, syncframework, mschart, geneva framework, adomd.net
links: SQLClient
SyncFramework
MSChart
PowerShell
Geneva Framework
Microsoft ADOMD.NET