Editing Minecraft (section)

=== Mint 16 with KDE Desktop ===

'''Setup current Oracle Java 64-bit (Java version 7 update 51 as of this writing):'''
# [http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en Download latest version of Linux x64]
# Create directory you want to install Java. As root <code>mkdir /usr/java/</code>
# Change to directory <code>cd /usr/java</code>
# Move the jre-7u51-linux-x64.tar.gz file to the /usr/java directory.
# Uncompress and unpack the tarball to install Java. <code>tar zxvf jre-7u51-linux-x64.tar.gz</code>
#* The Java files are installed in a directory called /usr/java/jre1.7.0_51/
# Delete .tar.gz file <code>rm /usr/java/jre-7u9-linux-64.tar.gz</code>

'''Setup minecraft server:'''
# Create minecraft directory. As root <code>mkdir /minecraft</code>
# Change ownership to user. As root <code>chown username:username /minecraft</code>
# Swith to username then download [http://minecraft.net/download minecraft_server.jar] to /minecraft directory
# Launch minecraft server using Oracle's 64-bit Java: <code>/usr/java/jre1.7.0_51/bin/java -Xmx1024m -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui</code>
# Type /help at Minecraft prompt to get a list of server commands.
# I stop server here and customize the server.properties folder to what you want. Then restart server.

'''After you setup your directories change the ownership of the directories and all files in /usr/java & /minecraft to non-privileged user.'''

Example with user and group named "bigfoot".
<pre>chown -R bigfoot:bigfoot /minecraft
chown -R bigfoot:bigfoot /usr/java</pre>

'''Using the minecraft_server.jar in nogui mode does not require any changes to your video card drivers'''

==== Example start up of first Minecraft server ====
This example I used an existing server.properties file and simply changed the name of test world to "wildlands".
<pre>
bigfoot@sweetcandy:/minecraft > /usr/java/jre1.7.0_51/bin/java -Xmx1024m -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting minecraft server version 1.7.4
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Loading properties
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Default game type: SURVIVAL
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Generating keypair
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
[11:59:12] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing level "wildlands"
[11:59:13] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing start region for level 0
[11:59:14] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 5%
[11:59:15] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 12%
[11:59:16] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 20%
[11:59:17] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 29%
[11:59:18] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 38%
[11:59:19] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 47%
[11:59:20] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 57%
[11:59:21] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 67%
[11:59:22] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 77%
[11:59:23] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 86%
[11:59:24] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 96%
[11:59:24] [Server thread/INFO]: Done (12.118s)! For help, type "help" or "?"
</pre>
Type "help or ?" at prompt to show commands
<pre>
?
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: --- Showing help page 1 of 7 (/help <page>) ---
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /achievement give <stat_name> [player]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /ban <name> [reason ...]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /ban-ip <address|name> [reason ...]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /banlist [ips|players]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /clear <player> [item] [data]
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /debug <start|stop>
[11:59:30] [Server thread/INFO]: /defaultgamemode <mode>
</pre>
I always issue "save-all" then "stop" command when taking server offline.
<pre>
save-all
[11:59:36] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving...
[11:59:36] [Server thread/INFO]: Saved the world
stop
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Stopping the server
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Stopping server
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving players
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving worlds
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving chunks for level 'wildlands'/Overworld
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving chunks for level 'wildlands'/Nether
[11:59:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving chunks for level 'wildlands'/The End
</pre>