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I've encountered an issue on Sitecore 8.1 when installing Sitecore PowerShell Extensions. The same issue is happening for other larger packages as well.

This is a vanilla installation. No instance of Mongo Db running.

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Adjusted the question to reflect to proper version of Sitecore. Turns out it was 8.1 and not 8.0.

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    If you don't have Mongo installed, have you explicitly turned off analytics and ip lookups?
    – sitecorerick
    Oct 6, 2016 at 19:36
  • I attempted the installation immediately following the Sitecore installer.
    – Michael West
    Oct 6, 2016 at 19:37
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    I've seen issues like this (packages not getting installed) when Mongo is not running. Have you tried again with a local Mongo instance for the sake to removing it as a possible cause for the issue?
    – Eduardo Moraes
    Oct 6, 2016 at 19:47
  • Thanks for the tips. The requirement is to not use Xdb. I'll check to see if disabling it helps.
    – Michael West
    Oct 6, 2016 at 19:49
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    I wonder if the indexer is running while your install is still running. Maybe try disabling it during the installation. sitecoreblog.alexshyba.com/…. When I was installing big, 100 mb, packages, I had this issue a lot.
    – Chris Auer
    Oct 6, 2016 at 19:51

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Refer to the following:

https://sitecorepowershell.gitbooks.io/sitecore-powershell-extensions/content/troubleshooting.html (edited)

https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/296641

Use this patch config:

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
 <sitecore>
   <settings>
     <setting name="Xdb.Enabled">
        <patch:attribute name="value" value="false" />
     </setting>
     <setting name="Xdb.Tracking.Enabled">
       <patch:attribute name="value" value="false" />
     </setting>
   </settings>
 </sitecore>
</configuration>
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Turns out there is quite a bit to consider with this one. Disabling the Analytics and Xdb are two separate tasks that need to be performed depending on the version of Sitecore.

I ended up creating a new patch.

Sitecore 8.1

Company.Xdb.Config

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
  <sitecore>
    <settings>
      <setting name="Xdb.Enabled">
         <patch:attribute name="value" value="false" />
      </setting>
      <!-- Only disable tracking if you don't need it. Leave enabled if you want to personalize within the session. -->
      <setting name="Xdb.Tracking.Enabled">
        <patch:attribute name="value" value="false" />
      </setting>
    </settings>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>

Sitecore 8.0

Company.Analytics.config

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/" xmlns:set="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/set/">
  <sitecore>
    <settings>
      <setting name="Analytics.Enabled" set:value="false"/>
    </settings>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>

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  • This is the most complete answer. Interestingly enough, I've seen this behavior go away immediately after an app-pool recycle as well. Obviously not safe for production :)
    – user571
    Oct 6, 2016 at 20:30
  • Yeah, I suppose it is. Wanted to give Akshay the credit since it solved my problem. I just took what he had and enhanced the detail.
    – Michael West
    Oct 6, 2016 at 20:31
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    I also didn't even notice that you asked the original question, so there's that...
    – user571
    Oct 6, 2016 at 20:52
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    You don't have to disable Xdb.Tracking.Enabled btw, otherwise you will lose the ability to carry out "session based personalization"
    – jammykam
    Oct 7, 2016 at 9:28
  • Really JammyKam? Do you have a link with more detail about it?
    – Michael West
    Oct 7, 2016 at 11:34

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