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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.
/q: Show no UI.
/qn: Same as /q.
/qb: Show a basic UI.
/qr: Shows a reduced user UI.
/qf: Shows a full UI.

/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.

/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 can be reported on the Wine bug tracker

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