Downloading console game of life

Welcome to Console Game of Life! Download the terminal-based version of the classic Game of Life and enjoy the simulation right in your command line.

Installing

Linux bash/zsh

Run the following command. Click here to copy

mkdir cgol_install_temp && cd cgol_install_temp && wget -O installer.sh https://consolegameoflife.com/installer/linux && chmod +x installer.sh && ./installer.sh && cd .. && rm -rf cgol_install_temp

The command will download the installer and run the installer

Windows

For windows you will have to add it to your path environment variable

Download the binary and place it on your computer in the location you would like to install it, for example "C:\Program Files\cgol"
Right-click the start button
Select "System" from the menu
Click "Advanced system settings"
Go the "Advanced" tab
Click "Environment Variables..."
Click the variable named "Path"
Click 'Edit'
Click 'New'
Add the path to the installation location. For example "C:\Program Files\cgol"

Run without installing

Linux

Download the program

wget -O cgol https://consolegameoflife.com/download/linux

Then we make it executable

chmod +x cgol

Finally we run the application

./cgol

Windows

Download the program, open terminal and type

wget -O cgol.exe https://consolegameoflife.com/download/win

Run the application

start cgol.exe

Build from source code

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/r59q/console-game-of-life.git

Enter the new folder with the repository

cd console-game-of-life

Build the project

cargo build --release

Run it

(Linux)

./target/release/conways-game-of-life

(Windows)

start ./target/release/conways-game-of-life.exe

Just the binary

Note: The application must be started from the terminal in order to work

Windows

cgol.exe

Linux

cgol