| MSIEXEC(1) | Wine Programs | MSIEXEC(1) |
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¶
| November 2010 | Wine 8.21 |