Lince PLUS Silent Install (How-To Guide)

Lince PLUS is a visualization tool for research, that let’s you analyze data and organize your study. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to perform a silent installation of Lince PLUS from the command line using the EXE installer.

How to Install Lince PLUS Silently

Lince PLUS Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://github.com/observesport/lince-plus/releases/latest
  2. Download the Lince-plus_windows-x64_x_y_z.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
  3. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  4. Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
  5. Enter the following command: Lince-plus_windows-x64_x_y_z.exe -q
  6. Press Enter

After a few moments you will find Lince PLUS entries in the Start Menu, Installation Directory, and Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Software Title:Lince PLUS
Vendor:Alberto Soto Fernández
Architecture:x64
Installer Type:EXE
Silent Install Switch:Lince-plus_windows-x64_x_y_z.exe -q
Silent Uninstall Switch:"%ProgramFiles%\Lince-plus\uninstall.exe" -q
Download Link:Lince PLUS Download
PowerShell Script:Lince PLUS | PowerShell Script
Detection Script:Lince PLUS | Custom Detection Script

The information above provides a quick overview of the software title, vendor, silent install, and silent uninstall switches. The download link provided take you directly to the vendors website. Continue reading if you are interested in additional details and configurations.


Additional Configurations

Change the Lince PLUS Default Installation Directory

You can change the default installation directory by using the following command line parameters. In this example, I’m installing Lince PLUS to “C:\Lince-plus”

Lince-plus_windows-x64_x_y_z.exe -q -dir "C:\Lince-plus"

Generate a Custom Response File for Lince PLUS

  1. Navigate to: https://github.com/observesport/lince-plus/releases/latest
  2. Download the Lince-plus_windows-x64_x_y_z.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
  3. Right-Click the Lince-plus_windows-x64_x_y_z.exe and select Run as Administrator
  4. On the Welcome to the Lince PLUS Setup Wizard screen, click Next
  5. On the Select Destination Directory screen, choose your preferred directory, then click Next
  6. On the Completing the Lince PLUS Setup Wizard screen, click Finish
  7. Navigate to the directory where the response.varfile is located
    • (Default location is C:\Program Files\Lince-plus.install4j\response.varfile)
  8. Copy the response.varfile to C:\Downloads
  9. Uninstall Lince PLUS to test newly created response file
  10. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  11. Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
  12. Enter the following command:
Lince-plus_windows-x64_x_y_z.exe -q -varfile response.varfile

How to Uninstall Lince PLUS Silently

Check out the following posts for a scripted solution:

Lince PLUS Install and Uninstall (PowerShell)
Lince PLUS Silent Uninstall (PowerShell)
  1. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  2. Enter the following command:

Lince PLUS Silent Uninstall (EXE)

"%ProgramFiles%\Lince-plus\uninstall.exe" -q

Always make sure to test everything in a development environment prior to implementing anything into production. The information in this article is provided “As Is” without warranty of any kind.