How to install Java & run a Minecraft server on a Linux VPS

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How to install Java & run a Minecraft server on a Linux VPS

• Connect to your Linux VPS via SSH, then choose one of the following Java versions to use when running Minecraft:

• To install Java 8 (Recommended for Minecraft 1.8 - 1.16.5), Launch terminal, Run the command sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk -y.

• To install Java 11, Launch terminal, Run the command sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk -y.

• To install Java 16 (Recommended for Minecraft 1.17 - 1.17.1), Launch terminal, Run the command sudo apt install openjdk-16-jdk -y.

• To install Java 17 (Recommended for Minecraft 1.18 - Newer Versions), Launch terminal, Run the command sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk -y.

• Once you install Java, type in “mkdir Minecraft”, this will make a minecraft folder/directory, then cd into the directory by typing “cd Minecraft”.

• Once you're in the directory, get whatever jar file you would like (i.e. Spigot, Bukkit, Paper, etc.), I will use the spigot for this tutorial.

• Go back to the terminal and we will type the command “wget -O server.jar file_link_here”, this allows us to download the jar and move it to the minecraft directory. You are also able to use SFTP to upload the JAR file.

• We need to make it an executable, so we will type sudo chmod +x file_name_here.

• To run the server we will type in the terminal java -Xmx4096M -Xms4096M -jar file_name_here nogui.

• We then need to accept the eula, to do this we will type “nano eula.txt”, then change false to true. This is also possible using SFTP.

• Then use the command again to run the server.

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Created By: Greg K.

Updated on: 11/11/2022

Actualizado el: 31/07/2024