Slic3r PE silent install
I'm trying to distribute Slic3r to 120 computers at one of our middle schools. To install the software via Landesk, it has to be a completely unattended install.
The Slic3r installer does list /SILENT, /SP-, and /VERYSILENT switches for silent installs, but doesn't respond to those switches when I insert them into the command line.
Is there another way to get the slic3r installer to do a silent install?
Re: Slic3r PE silent install
I have informed the guy who maintains the Windows installer.
For now, if you need just Slic3r, you can likely script the installer yourself starting with the binaries zip pulled from the github releases page
https://github.com/prusa3d/slic3r/releases
Re: Slic3r PE silent install
Thanks for the reply!
I'm evaluating different 3d printers for our tech department. We have a mix of Makerbots and Dremels right now. I'm the IT guy who supports them because I have a printer at home. I'm trying to get out ahead of the next round of purchases. One of the biggest problems we have with our current printers is the ridiculous hoops we have to jump through to get the software to run in a managed environment (Active Directory/ limits user rights, etc.)
A slicer that can install as the local system account and can be used by a domain user would be awesome! Makerbot Print stores all it's settings in the %APPDATA$\roaming folder of each user and requires a thingiverse account to slice local files. AND, it downloads updates before launching so students get locked out of the software every time it updates because they're not local admins. I'm tired of editing .json files to trick the software into running.
Re: Slic3r PE silent install
You can unpack the binary zip file anywhere you want, and you can start Slic3r with the --datadir parameter to give it an alternate user profile directory. I would not recommend to share the profile directory between different users.
Slic3r PE pulls configuration updates from the internet into the profile directory (defined by the --datadir parameter). The downloading is being performed at the background, it does not delay the application start up. The downloaded data are offered to the user on the next Slic3r start up.