From ade595c9338d9f262dd6d5ecedf440288934872c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Hohwiller?= <joerg.hohwiller@capgemini.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:25:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #1673: log error instead of throwing if installation version
 already present

---
 .../tools/ide/tool/IdeasyCommandlet.java      | 39 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/IdeasyCommandlet.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/IdeasyCommandlet.java
index 6c6eeef75..f7d45adcc 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/IdeasyCommandlet.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/IdeasyCommandlet.java
@@ -181,27 +181,28 @@ public void installIdeasy(Path cwd) {
     Path ideasySoftwarePath = idePath.resolve(IdeContext.FOLDER_SOFTWARE).resolve(MvnRepository.ID).resolve(IdeasyCommandlet.TOOL_NAME)
         .resolve(IdeasyCommandlet.TOOL_NAME);
     Path ideasyVersionPath = ideasySoftwarePath.resolve(IdeVersion.getVersionString());
+    FileAccess fileAccess = this.context.getFileAccess();
     if (Files.isDirectory(ideasyVersionPath)) {
-      throw new CliException("IDEasy is already installed at " + ideasyVersionPath + " - if your installation is broken, delete it manually and rerun setup!");
+      this.context.error("IDEasy is already installed at {} - if your installation is broken, delete it manually and rerun setup!", ideasyVersionPath);
+    } else {
+      List<Path> installationArtifacts = new ArrayList<>();
+      boolean success = true;
+      success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "bin", true, installationArtifacts);
+      success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "functions", true, installationArtifacts);
+      success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "internal", true, installationArtifacts);
+      success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "system", true, installationArtifacts);
+      success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "IDEasy.pdf", true, installationArtifacts);
+      success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "setup", true, installationArtifacts);
+      success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "setup.bat", false, installationArtifacts);
+      if (!success) {
+        throw new CliException("IDEasy release is inconsistent at " + cwd);
+      }
+      fileAccess.mkdirs(ideasyVersionPath);
+      for (Path installationArtifact : installationArtifacts) {
+        fileAccess.copy(installationArtifact, ideasyVersionPath);
+      }
+      this.context.writeVersionFile(IdeVersion.getVersionIdentifier(), ideasyVersionPath);
     }
-    FileAccess fileAccess = this.context.getFileAccess();
-    List<Path> installationArtifacts = new ArrayList<>();
-    boolean success = true;
-    success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "bin", true, installationArtifacts);
-    success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "functions", true, installationArtifacts);
-    success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "internal", true, installationArtifacts);
-    success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "system", true, installationArtifacts);
-    success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "IDEasy.pdf", true, installationArtifacts);
-    success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "setup", true, installationArtifacts);
-    success &= addInstallationArtifact(cwd, "setup.bat", false, installationArtifacts);
-    if (!success) {
-      throw new CliException("IDEasy release is inconsistent at " + cwd);
-    }
-    fileAccess.mkdirs(ideasyVersionPath);
-    for (Path installationArtifact : installationArtifacts) {
-      fileAccess.copy(installationArtifact, ideasyVersionPath);
-    }
-    this.context.writeVersionFile(IdeVersion.getVersionIdentifier(), ideasyVersionPath);
     fileAccess.symlink(ideasyVersionPath, installationPath);
     addToShellRc(BASHRC, ideRoot, null);
     addToShellRc(ZSHRC, ideRoot, "autoload -U +X bashcompinit && bashcompinit");