[Package Issue]: FireDaemon.OpenSSL

[pjhavariotis]

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

Category of the issue

Different install technology.

Brief description of your issue

I'm trying to upgrade from 3.2.1 -> 3.3.0 and I'm getting the following error:
A newer version was found, but the install technology is different from the current version installed. Please uninstall the package and install the newer version.

Steps to reproduce

winget upgrade --id FireDaemon.OpenSSL

Actual behavior

PS C:\Users\p.chavariotis> winget upgrade --id FireDaemon.OpenSSL
A newer version was found, but the install technology is different from the current version installed. Please uninstall the package and install the newer version.

Expected behavior

Download and upgrade the package

Environment

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.4291
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.22.10861.0

Screenshots and Logs

No response

[vikingnope]

Have you tried uninstalling 3.2.1 and installing version 3.3.0?

[pjhavariotis]

Have you tried uninstalling 3.2.1 and installing version 3.3.0?

No

[vikingnope]

Try that and see how it goes if possible

[pjhavariotis]

The following 2 commands finished Successfully !

winget remove --id FireDaemon.OpenSSL
winget install --id FireDaemon.OpenSSL

[pjhavariotis]

However, the upgrade function should work!

[vikingnope]

It was probably some conflicting files from previous versions which caused the issue.

[stephengillie]

However, the upgrade function should work!

I believe that automating this currently manual process (finding and running the previous version uninstaller before running the current version installer) is planned, but might be lower priority than other work. This error isn't usually encountered when both the previous and current versions have manifests in the repo - the usual case is when performing upgrade for the first time. But here, it seems that the installer technology changed between versions.

[pjhavariotis]

This issue remains (from 3.3.0 -> 3.3.1)!
A newer version was found, but the install technology is different from the current version installed. Please uninstall the package and install the newer version.

[mdanish-kh]

This is because the package is an MSI bundled inside of a EXE installer. If you run winget upgrade FireDaemon.OpenSSL --verbose-logs --open-logs and see the latest generated log file, you would be able to see the line at the end

2024-07-10 11:24:38.198 [CLI ] Installer [X64,exe,Machine,] not applicable: Installed package type 'msi' is not compatible with installer type exe

I think this'll get fixed if we add AppsAndFeatures > InstallerType: msi in its manifest to let WinGet know it's a nested MSI

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In the meantime you can use winget upgrade FireDaemon.OpenSSL --force to ignore the installer type warning and continue with the upgrade

[pjhavariotis]

Unfortunately, I'm getting the same error:
2024-07-11 13:53:34.040 [CLI ] Installer [X64,exe,Machine,] not applicable: Installed package type 'msi' is not compatible with installer type exe

[mdanish-kh]

PR #162349 should hopefully fix the issue. You'll have to try again once that's merged and published. Did --force work for you though?

[pjhavariotis]

No. The error I shared before is with the --force option.

[mdanish-kh]

@pjhavariotis PR #162349 is now merged. Can you try again now?

[pjhavariotis]

Issue resolved!

[mdanish-kh]

Close with reason: Issue resolved;