# Intel 2023.2 compiler won't install on Windows 10

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/intel-2023-2-compiler-wont-install-on-windows-10/7902>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/intel-2023-2-compiler-wont-install-on-windows-10/7902 "2024-04-24T08:19:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![elseifthen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@elseifthen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/elseifthen)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/intel-2023-2-compiler-wont-install-on-windows-10/7902/1 "2024-04-24T08:19:49Z")

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I know it’s vendor-specific, but I can’t seem to install the Intel Fortran 2023.2 compiler on Windows 10 (w\_HPCKit\_p\_2023.2.0.49441\_offline), I only get a blank window (even no window decorations) after the prerequisites check; the oneAPI installer has frozen completely and can only be killed from the task manager. I wonder: has anyone experienced that problem and solved it?

On the command line I get an error:

```auto
Installer failed with error Failed to create package manager database location.

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**Author:** ![elseifthen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@elseifthen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/elseifthen)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/intel-2023-2-compiler-wont-install-on-windows-10/7902/2 "2024-04-26T06:56:33Z")

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I uninstalled all prior versions of the Intel Fortran compiler (i19) and Visual Studio (2008, 2010, 2015, 2019), re-installed Visual Studio but the i23 installer window was still completely empty (although there seemed to be controls in it which were just not visible).

But now I could install i23 from the command line:

```auto
bootstrapper -s --action install --install-dir=d:\i23 --components all --download-cache D:\temp\download_cache --eula accept --log-dir d:\temp\extract

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(where I had extracted the installer package to `d:\temp\extract` and created a directory `d:\temp\download_cache`)

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**Author:** ![Arjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Arjen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Arjen)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/intel-2023-2-compiler-wont-install-on-windows-10/7902/3 "2024-04-26T06:58:17Z")

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Odd, I do not recall seeing problems like that before. Good thing it works now.

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**Author:** ![elseifthen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@elseifthen](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/elseifthen)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/intel-2023-2-compiler-wont-install-on-windows-10/7902/4 "2024-04-26T07:54:28Z")

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It is odd indeed. The first thing I would have guessed is that it’s a problem with Qt6 (which is apparently used judging from the files I see in the extracted installer) graphics rendering. Maybe some library clash, maybe some problem with the remote display driver (I do the installation on an ‘old’, like 4-6 years, virtual machine, connecting via RDP).