Mindustry is a sandbox tower-defense game that combines resource management and strategy. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Mindustry on Manjaro.
We assume that you have a Manjaro system up and running. If not, you can download and install the latest version from https://manjaro.org/download/
Before installing Mindustry it's always good to update the system to the latest version available with the following command:
sudo pacman -Syyu
Mindustry is developed using Java Programming Language. Hence, we need to install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) first. Run the following command in the terminal to install JRE:
sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk
Confirm the installation by typing Y and pressing Enter.
Now let's download Mindustry from the official website by running the following command in the terminal:
wget https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/releases/latest/download/Mindustry-linux64-104.6.jar
The above command will download the latest version of Mindustry (v104.6) for Linux machines.
Next, we will create a new directory to store the Mindustry Jar file and move the downloaded Jar file to this directory with the following command:
mkdir mindustry
mv Mindustry-linux64-104.6.jar mindustry/
cd mindustry/
Finally, let's run Mindustry by entering the following command in the terminal:
java -jar Mindustry-linux64-104.6.jar
Now the installation of Mindustry on Manjaro is complete. Have fun playing the game!
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