Manually Install Microsoft App Fabric Prerequisite for SharePoint 2013

 

In order to manually install Windows Server App Fabric for SharePoint 2013, first download the install file:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27115

 

assuming you store the file at c:

run the following commands from an elevated PowerShell command line:

$file = “c:\WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe”

 

& $file /i CacheClient”,”CachingService”,”CacheAdmin /gac

 

Note the double quotations around the commas.