Linux OS

2022 Beta Release

OpenRocket 22.02.beta.01 Installer for Linux (INACTIVE UNTIL RELEASE DATE)

Download the Linux installer above for the NEW OpenRocket beta release, saying yes to whatever security prompts your browser presents. Then, navigate to the directory in which you downloaded the installer, make it executable, and run it:

% cd Downloads (or wherever you downloaded it to)
% chmod +x OpenRocket_unix_22_02_beta_01.sh
% ./OpenRocket_unix_22_02_beta_01.sh

The installer will now guide you through the process of installing OpenRocket on your system. At any step you can click Cancel to stop the process.

What you see	What you do
	Click Next to start the installation process
	Select the directory in which you wish to install OpenRocket. The default will be in a level just under your home page. Click Next to continue.
	If you wish to be able to double-click on a design file to edit it with OpenRocket, leave the first checkbox checked. If you wish to put an icon for OpenRocket on the desktop, leave the second checkbox checked. Click Next to continue. Unfortunately, in this Beta release, the installer isn't able to actually create the desktop icon. It won't hurt anything to leave the box checked; instructions for creating a desktop icon will come later.
	As the OpenRocket application is installed, the installation progress is displayed.
	After the installation has finished, the final prompt appears, stating that the installation process is complete. Click the 'Finish button to exit from the installer.

This process will have placed a number of files and directories in the installation directory.

OpenRocket

The OpenRocket executable. You can run OpenRocket by giving the command

% ./OpenRocket

'OpenRocket 22.02.beta.01.desktop'

The OpenRocket desktop file. As stated above, the installer isn't capable of actually creating the desktop icon at this time. You can create an OpenRocket desktop icon by copying this file to your desktop with

% cp 'OpenRocket 22.02.beta.01.desktop' ../Desktop

uninstall

The uninstaller. You can uninstall OpenRocket with the command

% ./uninstall

Unfortunately,the uninstaller does not fully empty and delete the installation directory. To do this, give the commands

% cd ..
% rm -r OpenRocket 

Special notice: At the present time, this installer does not create a shortcut on the desktop or the start menu. After installing, the executable file for the application (OpenRocket.exe) is located in the "C:\ProgramFiles\OpenRocket” folder. For easy access to OpenRocket in the future, you can open that folder in Windows Explorer, right click the "OpenRocket.exe" file (NOT the “OpenRocket.jar” file), and create a shortcut, pin it to the taskbar, and/or pin it to the start menu, as you wish.

2015 Version 15.03

OpenRocket 15.03 Installer for Windows

Please note: This installer does not provide a shortcut on the desktop or the start menu. After installing, the actual executable file for the application is installed into your user/AppData/Local/OpenRocket folder. Open that folder in Windows Explorer, right click the "OpenRocket.exe" file (NOT the “OpenRocket.jar” file), and create a shortcut, pin it to the taskbar and/or pin it in the start menu, as you desire, for easy access to it in the future.

Before beginning, you will need to have the FUSE filesystem installed; most distributions have it installed by default. Download the AppImage file for the version of OpenRocket that you want, and run it by double-clicking, or from the command line.

OpenRocket 22.00.beta.01 AppImage for Linux (INACTIVE UNTIL RELEASE DATE)

OpenRocket 15.03 AppImage for Linux