The MARS Simulator

Linux

The MARS simulator is available on the department Linux computers. To start MARS, open a terminal window and enter

  mars

at the command-line prompt.

Download

MARS is a Java program that you can use on your own computer, but you must have Java installed.

1. If you do not have a version of Java or the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed, visit this site to download and install Java appropriate for your operating system
   https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/

   
   

2. Download the MARS simulator and save it on your computer. There is no installer for MARS, it is simply a jar file.

After downloading and saving the MARS jar file, you should be able to double click on the mars.jar file to execute it.