Installation

Details of installation procedure

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