How to Install Mindustry on OpenBSD

Mindustry is a strategy game in which you build and defend your own industrial complex against waves of enemies. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Mindustry on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, you need to make sure that your system is up-to-date and that you have a few tools installed. Open your terminal and run:

$ sudo pkg_add -u
$ sudo pkg_add git unzip

These commands will update your system and install the git and unzip packages, which are needed to download and extract Mindustry.

Installing Mindustry

To install Mindustry, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Mindustry repository from GitHub:

   $ git clone https://github.com/Anuke/Mindustry.git
   

   This will create a Mindustry directory in your current location.

2. Extract the game files:

   $ cd Mindustry
   $ unzip Mindustry.zip
   

3. Launch Mindustry:

   $ java -jar Mindustry.jar
   

   This should start the game.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues while installing or running Mindustry, you can try the following solutions:

• Make sure that you have the latest version of Java installed on your system.
• Check that you have the necessary permissions to run the game. You might need to use sudo before the java command.
• If Mindustry doesn't start, check the game logs for errors. They can be found in the logs directory.

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