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ToddAndMargo
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msi?

Post by ToddAndMargo »

Hi All,

Just out of curiosity, what is the command line syntax to install
a *.msi file?

Many thanks,
-T
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dimesio
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Re: msi?

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ToddAndMargo wrote: Just out of curiosity, what is the command line syntax to install
a *.msi file?

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msiexec /i filename.msi
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msi?

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On 06/08/2012 05:00 PM, dimesio wrote:
msiexec /i filename.msi
Thank you!

ls /usr/bin | grep -i wine

did not yield anything useful.

-T
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Post by DanKegel »

You can also do
wine start filename.msi
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On 06/08/2012 09:28 PM, DanKegel wrote:
wine start filename.msi
Thank you!
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Post by André H. »

It's not a problem, but a search for msi in wiki.winehq.org/FAQ would have helped, too :wink:
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