msiexec-stable1

Usage

Overview

msiexec is the Wine MSI installer, which is command line compatible with its Microsoft Windows counterpart.

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.

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.

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.