SCCM Error 0x643(1603) When Deploying Software

Scenario

You are deploying an SCCM application. The application installation fails resulting in an error code 0x643(1603)

SCCM 2012 Error 0x103(259) when deploying package

SCENARIO

You are deploying a package and you get an error 0x103(259). This error means that the installer you are calling exits withing 20 seconds with a code 259 and SCCM interprets it as a failure. In my case I was getting this error because I misspelled the name of a .bin file in my command line. But it may have something to do with your application as well.

You can run a script to deploy the package that monitors the status of the installation and exit properly: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/fbccc114-3605-4363-b983-b2f7b02fe266/program-exit-code-259-in-sccm-cllient?forum=configmgrgeneral

DETAILS

I am including some of the details from the execmgr.log (client log) in case you want to look at what the log says when you run into the problem I had.