LÖVE Silent Install (How-To Guide)

LÖVE is a framework for making 2D games in the Lua programming language. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to perform a silent installation of LÖVE from the command line using the EXE installer.

How to Install LÖVE Silently

LÖVE 32-bit Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://love2d.org/
  2. Select the 32-bit Installer
  3. Download & Copy the love-x.y-win32.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
  4. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  5. Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
  6. Enter the following command: love-x.y-win32.exe /S
  7. Press Enter

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

Software Title:LÖVE
Vendor:love2d.org
Architecture:x86
Installer Type:EXE
Silent Install Switch:love-x.y-win32.exe /S
Silent Uninstall Switch (32-bit System)"%ProgramFiles%\LOVE\Uninstall.exe" /S
Silent Uninstall Switch (64-bit System)"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\LOVE\Uninstall.exe" /S
Download Link:https://love2d.org/

LÖVE 64-bit Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://love2d.org/
  2. Select the 64-bit Installer
  3. Download & Copy the love-x.y-win64.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
  4. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  5. Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
  6. Enter the following command: love-x.y-win64.exe /S
  7. Press Enter

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

Software Title:LÖVE
Vendor:love2d.org
Architecture:x64
Installer Type:EXE
Silent Install Switch:love-x.y-win64.exe /S
Silent Uninstall Switch:"%ProgramFiles%\LOVE\Uninstall.exe" /S
Download Link:https://love2d.org/

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


Additional Configurations

Change Default Installation Directory

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

LÖVE 32-bit (EXE)

love-x.y-win32.exe /S /D=C:\LOVE

LÖVE 64-bit (EXE)

love-x.y-win64.exe /S /D=C:\LOVE

How to Uninstall LÖVE Silently

  1. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  2. Enter one of the following commands:

LÖVE 32-bit Silent Uninstall (EXE) on 32-bit System

"%ProgramFiles%\LOVE\Uninstall.exe" /S

LÖVE 32-bit Silent Uninstall (EXE) on 64-bit System

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\LOVE\Uninstall.exe" /S

LÖVE 64-bit Silent Uninstall (EXE) on 64-bit System

"%ProgramFiles%\LOVE\Uninstall.exe" /S

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.