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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
INSTALL OPTIONS
REPAIR OPTIONS
PATCHING
UI CONTROL
LOGGING
OTHER OPTIONS
BUGS
AVAILABILITY
SEE ALSO

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 specifc 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

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 ("http://bugs.winehq.org") Wine bug tracker.

AVAILABILITY

msiexec is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ, the ("http://www.winehq.org/") Wine development headquarters.

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