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joebalt
Asked: 2012-05-12 13:29:02 +0800 CST

rpm -ql package_name equivalent for Windows MSI?

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Is there such a utility or capability an MSI? Perhaps msiexec?

rpm -ql provides the list of all the files installed by a given package. I'd like to get the same info from a Windows system.

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4 Answers

  1. The Windows SDK contains a graphical utility called Orca for viewing and editing .msi databases. At a minimum, select Windows Native Code Development => Tools in the SDK installer, then install Orca from %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vX.Y\Bin\Orca.msi. When viewing a database in Orca, the File table contains a row for each file that will be installed.

    Windows Installer XML (WiX) contains a tool called Dark that will decompile an .msi database to an XML file:

    dark.exe Installer.msi

    This will create an Installer.wxs file in the current directory. The <File /> elements correspond to rows in the File table.

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  2. msiexec can do that in admin mode.

    msiexec /a something.msi TARGETDIR="c:\windows\temp" /qb

    you may need some other switches, though.

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  3. lessmsi

    This is a utility with a GUI & CLI that can be used to view and extract the contents of an MSI file.

    I just tried it out, works great.

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  4. No, Windows Installer can't do this. There are no options which will tell you which files are installed from a certain package.

    As suggested by John, you can look at all the files this package contains. Admin image would have folder structure similar to installed one with default options.

    If you really want to get the list of all the files installed by a package, I think you can do it:

    1. Enumerate all the components in the package,
    2. Check with the system if the component is installed,
    3. Enumerate the files in components.

    I have never heard of tool that can do this.

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