Provided by: wine-development_5.5-3ubuntu1_all
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 ⟨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⟩.