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