---
name: "msibuild"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "msitools"
version: "0.106+repack-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/msibuild"
---

# msibuild(1)

build Windows Installer packages

## NAME

msibuild - build Windows Installer packages

## SYNOPSIS

**msibuild** \<*MSI file*\> \[\<*option*\> \[\<*option*\> ...\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**msibuild** builds Windows Installer packages (.MSI files). Existing tables and streams in the package are overwritten. If the package doesn't exist, a new one is created with an empty database.

## OPTIONS

- **-s** \<*name*\> \[\<*author*\>\] \[\<*template*\>\] \[\<*UUID*\>\]

  Set summary information.

- **-q \<***query***\>**

  Execute one or more SQL queries.

- **-i \<***table***\>.idt**

  Import the given table into the database.

- **-a \<***stream***\> \<***file***\>**

  Add \<*stream*\> to storage with the contents of \<*file*\>.

## AUTHORS

**msibuild** was written by Marc-André Lureau for Red Hat, Inc. based on the MSI build tool in Wine. This manual page was adapted from the program usage information by Stephen Kitt \<skitt@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It was last modified for **msibuild** version 0.93.