To install XP Single Developer(XP0) 10.2 on development machine, follow the steps in this blog post

Use the Sitecore Installation Guide for hardware, OS, database and other software requirements

Installation guide for XP Single (XP0) 

OS Requirements-

Windows 11 (64 bit)

Ensure IIS 10x installed

Ensure Powershell version 5.1 or later is installed. Check here the latest version

Install .Net Framework 4.8.0 – Download Developer Pack

Install .NET Core 3.1 Windows Hosting Bundle or later.

Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015

Install Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express Edition OR Install Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express

You may also install the above prequisites using CLI. Goto section Install prerequisites before installing XP 10.2 after installing SQL Server and SIF

Install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

This will ask you to restart your VM/Machine

  • Enable Contained Database Authentication

After installing SQL Server launch SQL Server Management Studio and run following-

EXEC sp_configure 'contained', 1;
 RECONFIGURE;

  • Install SIF Module
  1. Open PowerShell as an administrator.
  2. Set unrestricted execution to current user
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser Unrestricted

3. Register repository

Register-PSRepository -Name SitecoreGallery https://sitecore.myget.org/F/sc-powershell/api/v2

4. Install SIF

Install-Module SitecoreInstallFramework

5. After SIF installation check if the SIF 2.3.0 is installed

Get-Module SitecoreInstallFramework –ListAvailable

To install specific version of SIF or run multiple version of SIF see this blog

Download XP Single Developer (XP0)

  • Prepare the installation folder

1. Extract downloaded XP Single Developer package to a folder e.g.:- C:\SCInstallation\XP102
2. Extract XP0 Configuration files 10.2.0 rev. 006766zip in same folder

  • Install prerequisites before installing XP 10.2

Switch to the installable e.g.:- C:\SCInstallation\XP102 folder and execute following script

Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path .\Prerequisites.json
  • Install SOLR 8.4.0

1. Create a SOLR folder e.g.:- C:\SOLR and switch to e.g.- C:\SCInstallation\XP102  folder. Open Solr-SingleDeveloper.json file.

2. Change the Install Root for SOLR in Solr-SingleDeveloper.json – DefaultValue

 "SolrInstallRoot": {
            "Type": "String",
            "Description": "The file path to install Solr. This config will add the prefix and solr version e.g C:\Solr becomes C:\Solr\[SolrServicePrefix]Solr-8.4.0",
            "DefaultValue": "C:\\SOLR"
        },

3. Execute –

Install-SitecoreConfiguration -Path .\Solr-SingleDeveloper.json

Prepare and Execute script for installation

Open XP0-SingleDeveloper.ps1 file to update following-

  • $Prefix
  • $SitecoreAdminPassword
  • $SCInstallRoot – change path to the folder installers are available
  • $SolrUrl
  • $SolrRoot
  • $SolrService
  • $SqlServer
  • $SqlAdminUser
  • $SqlAdminPassword

Copy license to the e.g. – C:\SCInstallation\XP102  folder

Execute installation script – .\XP0-SingleDevelor.ps1

Error while installation

xconnect Marketing Automation fails to start-

Solution–

Disable TLS 1.3 over TCP for xconnect. Rerun the installation script or disable this as soon as the xconnect bindings are setup by script during installation.

No registration for extension ‘AppPool’ of type ‘Task’

Solution

Check if the Asp.Net options in Windows features – Internet Information Services.