Our next release is targeting newer versions of Java, and hopefully this will become a useful approach to installing again at that time.
Note that if you install OpenRocket from a repository as in the following instructions, it will likely not work since it requires an older version of Java than is commonly distributed today. The AppImage is the preferred way to obtain OpenRocket for Linux at this time, as OpenRocket 15.03 requires an old version of Java (Java 8) which is not installed by default in most distributions. Java -jar /path/to/OpenRocket-15.03.jar Linux Users AppImage jar file, replace '/path/to/' by the appropriate path on your system: Or, if you are not currently in the same directory as the. In future, it should be possible to just double-click to start OpenRocket.Īlternatively you may start OpenRocket from the command line:
If the default is set to open with the Archive Manager, then right-click, select "Open with other application", then select "Open with Sun Java6 Runtime", and check the box to make that the default. jar file, and selecting "Open with Sun Java6 Runtime".
You don't need to install, update or downgrade Java on your machine to run them.ĭownload the installer, run it to install OpenRocket, much like other Windows installers. The Packaged Installers for OpenRocket come with everything they need. The easiest way to get OpenRocket is to download and install one of the packaged installers.
OpenRocket is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. 1.4.1 Java "jar" version - not recommended at this time.