Installation

Details of installation procedure

There are two installation packages available for the Simulation.

  • Windows MSI File
  • ZIP file

Windows MSI

This approach provides a shrink wrapped installation of the UI application. It does not contain the headless server version. This can be downloaded from Assets section in Releases as a MSI file that is applicable for a Windows installation.

This has no prerequisites.

ZIP File

This approach is more complex but provides a wider range of options. Command lines arguments can be used.

Prerequisites

Currently, mars-sim supports Java 21 which is a LTS (Long Term Support release). Requires only JRE 21 for running mars-sim. See JDK21

The application supports Windows or Linux. MacOS is supported but not via a command script; Java must be called directly.

Applications

The installation consists of 2 application:

  • A UI application based on Java Swing
  • A headless server version that can be accessed remotely via an SSH interface.

Installation Process

The installation process is simple requiring command line access.

  1. Select the latest release from the GitHub siteReleases.
  2. Download the ZIP file of the release
  3. Extract the contents of the file to a local folder