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),
Wine documentation
and support