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msiexec - Wine MSI Installer

msiexec command { required parameter } [ optional parameter ]...

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

/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 .

/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.

/p { patch } [ property = foobar ]

Apply patch . This should not be used with any of the above options.

/q [ n | b | r | f ]

These options allow changing the behavior of the UI when installing MSI packages.

/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.

Show help.

/j [ u | m ] { package | productcode } [ /t transform ] [ /g languageid ]

Advertise package optionally with /t transform and /g languageid .

Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker .

msiexec is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters .