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Downloads:
423,366
Downloads of v 12.0.21005.20140416:
146,681
Last Update:
16 Apr 2014
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Microsoft Corporation
Tags:
Microsoft Build Tools 2013 MSBuild Compiler- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Package Specific:
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download

Microsoft Build Tools 2013
This is not the latest version of Microsoft Build Tools 2013 available.
- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Package Specific:
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download
Downloads:
423,366
Downloads of v 12.0.21005.20140416:
146,681
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Build Tools 2013 12.0.21005.20140416
This is not the latest version of Microsoft Build Tools 2013 available.
Some Checks Have Failed or Are Not Yet Complete
1 Test Unknown and 1 Passing Test
To install Microsoft Build Tools 2013, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Microsoft Build Tools 2013, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Microsoft Build Tools 2013, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download microsoft-build-tools --internalize --version=12.0.21005.20140416 --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade microsoft-build-tools -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade microsoft-build-tools -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure microsoft-build-tools installed
win_chocolatey:
name: microsoft-build-tools
state: present
version: 12.0.21005.20140416
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
Coming early 2020! Central Managment Reporting available now! More information...
chocolatey_package 'microsoft-build-tools' do
action :install
version '12.0.21005.20140416'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: microsoft-build-tools,
Version: 12.0.21005.20140416,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller microsoft-build-tools
{
Name = 'microsoft-build-tools'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '12.0.21005.20140416'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'microsoft-build-tools':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '12.0.21005.20140416',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install microsoft-build-tools version="12.0.21005.20140416" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved as a trusted package on 17 Apr 2017.
If you don't have Visual Studio installed on your computer, you can use Build Tools 2013 to build managed applications. The Visual Basic and C# compilers are also included in this download. (In earlier versions, these tools were included in the stand-alone .NET Framework.)
- BuildTools_Full.exe (4b74aec35ae5) - ## / 57 - Log in or click on link to see number of positives
- microsoft-build-tools.12.0.21005.20140416.nupkg (ea26ef9dbd6f) - ## / 57 - Log in or click on link to see number of positives
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 15.0.26320.2 | 52600 | Monday, October 2, 2017 | Approved |
Microsoft Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 15.0.26228.0 | 27206 | Thursday, March 16, 2017 | Approved |
Microsoft Build Tools 2015 Update 3 14.0.25420.1 | 107699 | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 | Approved |
Microsoft Build Tools 2015 Update 2 14.0.25123.0 | 69610 | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 | Approved |
Microsoft Build Tools 2015 14.0.23107.10 | 18146 | Sunday, August 23, 2015 | Approved |
Microsoft Build Tools 2013 12.0.21005.20140416 | 146681 | Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | Approved |
Microsoft Build Tools 2013 12.0.21005.1 | 1424 | Friday, April 11, 2014 | Approved |
This package has no dependencies.
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