NAME
msiexec - Wine MSI Installer
SYNOPSIS
msiexec command {required parameter} [optional parameter]...
DESCRIPTION
msiexec is the Wine MSI installer, which is command line compatible with its Microsoft Windows counterpart.
INSTALL OPTIONS
/i {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
- Install {package|productcode} with property=foobar.
/a {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
- Install {package|productcode} in administrator (network) mode.
/x {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
- Uninstall {package|productcode} with property=foobar.
/uninstall {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
- Same as /x.
REPAIR OPTIONS
/f [p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] {package|productcode}
- Repair an installation. Default options are 'omus'
p | Reinstall the file if it is missing. | |
o | Reinstall the file if it is missing or if any older version is installed. | |
e | Reinstall the file if it is missing, or if the installed version is equal or older | |
d | Reinstall the file if it is missing or a different version is installed. | |
c | Reinstall the file if it is missing or the checksum does not match. | |
a | Reinstall all files. | |
u | Rewrite all required user registry entries. | |
m | Rewrite all required machine registry entries. | |
s | Overwrite any conflicting shortcuts. | |
v | Recache the local installation package from the source installation package. |
PATCHING
/p {patch} [property=foobar]
- Apply patch. This should not be used with any of the above options.
UI CONTROL
/q[n|b|r|f]
- These options allow changing the behavior of the UI when installing MSI packages.
/q | Show no UI. | |
/qn | Same as /q. | |
/qb | Show a basic UI. | |
/qr | Shows a reduced user UI. | |
/qf | Shows a full UI. |
LOGGING
/l[*][i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v][+|!] {logfile}
- Enable logging to logfile. Defaults are 'iwearmo'.
* | Enable all logging options except 'v' and 'x'. | |
i | Log status messages. | |
w | Log nonfatal warnings. | |
e | Log all error messages. | |
a | Log start of actions. | |
r | Log action specific records. | |
u | Log user requests. | |
c | Log initial UI parameters. | |
m | Log out of memory errors. | |
o | Log out of diskspace messages. | |
p | Log terminal properties. | |
v | Verbose logging. | |
x | Log extra debugging messages. | |
+ | Append logging to existing file. | |
! | Flush each line to log. |
OTHER OPTIONS
/h | Show help. |
/j[u|m] {package|productcode} [/t transform] [/g languageid]
- Advertise package optionally with /t transform and /g languageid.
/y | Register MSI service. | |
/z | Unregister MSI service. | |
/? | Same as /h. |
BUGS
Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker
AVAILABILITY
msiexec is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters
SEE ALSO
wine(1),