MSIEXEC(1)

📦 version 6.0, in ubuntu jammy

💖 MSIEXEC 💖 (section 1, from the Wine Programs manual, bestie)

🌸 NAME 🌸

msiexec — the Wine MSI Installer, aka the little icon that installs your stuff 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

So like. command first, then the thing it needs (curly braces = mandatory, no skipping), then whatever extras you feel like throwing in. Slay.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

msiexec is the Wine MSI installer, and here's the tea: it's command line compatible with its Microsoft Windows counterpart. Same commands, same energy, just doing it on Wine. iykyk 🫶

🎀 INSTALL OPTIONS 🎀

  • /i {package|productcode} [property=foobar] — Installs {package|productcode} and sets property=foobar. The classic. The main character. 👑
  • /a {package|productcode} [property=foobar] — Installs {package|productcode} in administrator (network) mode. It's giving corporate IT energy fr fr.
  • /x {package|productcode} [property=foobar] — Uninstalls {package|productcode} with property=foobar. Breakup era 😭💔
  • /uninstall {package|productcode} [property=foobar] — Same as /x. Literally the same thing, just spelled out for the dramatic girlies.

🧚 REPAIR OPTIONS 🧚

/f [p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] {package|productcode}

Repairs an installation, bestie. Fixing her up, no cap. The default options are 'omus' ✨

  • p — Reinstalls the file if it's missing. Just… gone? Put it back. 🙈
  • o — Reinstalls the file if it's missing or if any older version is installed.
  • e — Reinstalls the file if it's missing, or if the installed version is equal or older.
  • d — Reinstalls the file if it's missing or a different version is installed.
  • c — Reinstalls the file if it's missing or the checksum doesn't match. (Checksum said no 💀)
  • a — Reinstalls all files. Go big or go home.
  • u — Rewrites all required user registry entries.
  • m — Rewrites all required machine registry entries.
  • s — Overwrites any conflicting shortcuts.
  • v — Recaches the local installation package from the source installation package.

🌈 PATCHING 🌈

  • /p {patch} [property=foobar] — Applies the patch.
⚠️ Heads up bestie: this should not be used with any of the options above. Mixing them is not the vibe. 🙅‍♀️

💅 UI CONTROL 💅

/q[n|b|r|f]

These options let you change the behavior of the UI when installing MSI packages. Choose your aesthetic ✨

  • /q — Show no UI. Silent. Stealth mode. Ninja behavior 🥷
  • /qn — Same as /q. Twin.
  • /qb — Shows a basic UI.
  • /qr — Shows a reduced user UI.
  • /qf — Shows a full UI. The whole production, lights and all 🔥

⭐ LOGGING ⭐

/l[*][i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v][+|!] {logfile}

Turns on logging to logfile. Defaults are 'iwearmo'. Receipts, babe. Keep the receipts 📝

  • * — Enables all logging options except 'v' and 'x'.
  • i — Logs status messages.
  • w — Logs nonfatal warnings.
  • e — Logs all error messages.
  • a — Logs start of actions.
  • r — Logs action specific records.
  • u — Logs user requests.
  • c — Logs initial UI parameters.
  • m — Logs out of memory errors.
  • o — Logs out of diskspace messages.
  • p — Logs terminal properties.
  • v — Verbose logging. So much detail, obsessed.
  • x — Logs extra debugging messages.
  • + — Appends logging to an existing file (no overwrite, we respect her history 💜).
  • ! — Flushes each line to the log. Immediately. No waiting.

🍓 OTHER OPTIONS 🍓

  • /h — Show help.
  • /j[u|m] {package|productcode} [/t transform] [/g languageid] — Advertises the package, optionally with /t transform and /g languageid. Fancy optional extras, we love options.
  • /y — Registers the MSI service.
  • /z — Unregisters the MSI service.
  • /? — Same as /h.

💀 BUGS 💀

Found a bug? Not the vibe, but okay — bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker. Do it, bestie, they wanna know.

👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

msiexec is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters. The mothership 🏰✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • wine(1)
  • Wine documentation and support.

Wine 6.0, November 2010 — that's the version and the date, bestie, mwah 💖 bye ily, go install something iconic 🫶🎀

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