Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:03:01 +0100 From: Antony Gelberg antony@antgel.co.uk To: wine-devel@winehq.com Subject: [antony@antgel.co.uk: .msi files]
Does Windows Installer work?
Yes, I have installed MSN Messenger using it.
I've tried installing bout the 98 and 2K versions under wine, but only get:
cdrom $ /usr/local/bin/wine ./instmsiw.exe fixme:win32:PE_CreateModule Security directory ignored fixme:process:CreateProcessA (X:\IXP000.TMP\msiinst.exe,...): NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS ignored
This is your problem. Only the Win9x version of MSI works at the moment and only if your version is set to Win9x in your config file. I submitted a few patches a while ago to get the WinNT version a bit further but it needs a load of security functions which aren't implemented (properly) yet. There was talk a while ago about reimplementing MSI in Wine, but we rejected the idea on the grounds that it was undocumented, very complicated and not needed yet.
On another note, I'm really surprised that the wine-users list is so quiet as it's such an important bit of software.
I apologise for this. We do have a few developers that regularly post there (including me on occasions), it just seems you caught us at a busy moment.
Rob