The powershell script solution:
Based on the information in the answer from @kayleeFrye_onDeck
I have created a powershell script that checks and installs the versions the user specifies, i haven't done extensive testing with it, but for my own CI (Continuous Integration) scenario it work perfectly.
The full script and info on github
The approach i used was based on checking the regkeys based on information provided here. The following is the gist of what the script does:
function Test-RegistryValue {param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$Path, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$Value) try { Get-ItemProperty -Path "$($Path+$Value)" -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null return $true } catch { return $false }}The checking/downloading/silently installing based on $redistInfo which contains the compiled information from kayleeFrye_onDeck's.
$redistInstalled = Test-RegistryValue -Path $redistInfo.RegPath -Value $redistInfo.RegValueif($redistInstalled -eq $False) { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $redistInfo.DownloadUrl -OutFile $downloadTargetPath Start-Process -FilePath $downloadTargetPath -ArgumentList "$($redistInfo.SilentInstallArgs)" -Wait -NoNewWindow | Wait-Process}The full script and more information can be found on github
Anyone is welcome to contribute, if i have time i will do more extensive testing of the script and keep trying to add new packages as information is added here.