This tutorial is going to show you how to install Minecraft, the popular sandbox video game in Ubuntu 16.04 and/or Ubuntu 16.10.

These are the steps/commands I used to install Minecraft PE on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS 64-bit for me, my son, and his friends. I already port forwarded and made the necessary firewall changes on my hosted server. Here's a script to install minecraft and help troubleshoot most issues that can arise: To get minecraft running, right click the minecraft.jar file, go to properties, permisions, and set it allow running as an executable. Now you can right click it, and run with a java. If you want to properly have minecraft installed: have its icon, be able. Now go to the folder where the minecraftserver.jar file is and either in the terminal or Nautilus GUI execute the file. In the terminal it would be: java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraftserver.jar nogui. I recommend using the nogui parameter to avoid an additional window in the GUI. Afterwards just close the server by either pressing CTRL. Note: Please note that Minecraft is a paid game; you can, however, sign up for a Mojang account and run the demo version of the game for free. Install Minecraft on Ubuntu We will be using the Ubuntu command line, the Terminal, in order to download and install the Minecraft.deb package.

While the minecraft website offers .jar file archive that lacks app shortcut for Ubuntu Linux, an installer script was created and made into PPA that automatically downloads the game archive from Mojang’s servers and installs it on Ubuntu that is well integrated with app shortcut and symbolic link. And it’s running with OpenJDK 7.

1. (Updated: July 2017) Add minecraft installer PPA.

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flexiondotorg/minecraft

Type in your password when it asks and hit Enter.

2. update and install the script

Run the commands below to update system package index and install the script:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install minecraft-installer

The script will start automatically downloading & installing minecraft in your Ubuntu. https://treearmy.amebaownd.com/posts/19458543.

For those who don’t want to add PPA, grab the .deb package of the installer and click install via Software Center.

When everything’s done. Launch the game from Unity Dash or App Launcher and enjoy!

3. (Optional) Remove Minecraft.

For any reason you can easily remove the installer script will also remove the minecraft game from your system:

sudo apt remove minecraft-installer && sudo apt autoremove

And remove the PPA by going to Software & Updates -> Other Software tab.

Now on PaperMC

Building a full Linux modded server? See the Modded Linux server install documentation.
Building on Raspberry Pi 4? See the Raspberry Pi 4 install documentation.

Minecraft Server Version: PaperMC 1.16.5
Java Version: openjdk version '11.0.9.1'

Approximate time to complete: 15 to 30 minutes depending on your server. This also depends on your comfort level working from the Linux command line. Give yourself plenty of time.

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Step 1 - Install Java
Step 2 - Setup Your Environment
Step 3 - Install Minecraft
Step 4 - Configure your new PaperMC Minecraft Server
Step 5 - Optional-- Configure Minecraft to start on bootup
Step 6 - Connect to Your Server
Step 7 - Hardening Your Minecraft Server if Visible on the Internet
Step 8 - Backup Your Server Frequently
Step 9 - Upgrading Your Minecraft Server
Step 10 - Recovering a Corrupted World
Step 11 - Creating Automatic Backups
Step 12 - Plugins and Datapacks

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Why Linux and Not a Fully Managed Solution?

This is a valid question. A fully managed solution with a Minecraft hosting service can offer many benefits. There is no need to secure the underlying Linux OS, this is all done for you.You get a nice graphical front end to manage your server, automated backups, DNS management to access your server, SFTP access. Also, Minecraft Server version 1.16.x is getting very cpu intense. It's just no longer cost effective to rent a dedicated server or VPS that will run Minecraft Server 1.16.x smoothly. There are manygood Minecraft Server hosting companies that provide servers that are optimized for Minecraft. I will not list them here but feel free to reach out to me for suggestions.

That being said, if you are determined to roll your own you can get a credit towards your server with DigitalOcean if you sign up through this referral link. Sizing of your server will really depend on how you intend to use it.

Here are some of the reasons you may want to build your own;

1 - Maximum control right down to the OS level.
2 - Prefer working from the command line than from a Web browser to manage your server.
3 - Have a server available which isn't costing you anything and a good internet link.
4 - Want to learn how to do it yourself from start to finish.
5 - Want to setup a private testing server for mods, datapacks, plugins or redstone.
6 - Finally, the most important reason of all...Because You Can!

Which Linux Distribution?

Recommending a specific Linuxdistribution as 'the best option' is like recommending a religion as the 'bestone to follow'. You will either be preaching to the converted or alienatingthe person you are having the discussion with.

For my purposes I like using Debian and its derivitaves. I have used otherdistributions and have liked them as well. This guide uses Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS using the apt package manager. When a package manager is called for, justsubstitute the relevant commands for your favorite distro. They are all good.

Root Access to Your Server

The instructions assume that you have root (Administrator) access to your server. For simplicity I assume you are logging in as the root user. All of these commands will also work with sudo. If running sudo from your user account then make sure to add it when necessary. I will not be using sudo in front of these command line arguments throughout the document.

Step 1 - Install Java

Minecraft Server requires Java to run. You can install it on Ubuntu as follows;

a) Login to your server via ssh or open a console window if this is a LinuxDesktop system.

b) Run the following commandc) Finally check your version to make sure all went well during install.

Step 2 - Setup Your Environment

a) This is a good time to do a full upgrade of your system. If using a Debianbased system you can use apt, otherwise use your distributions packagemanager.b) Install screen (This will be needed to run your minecraft server console while logged out of your Linux server).

Step 3 - Install Minecraft

We are going to install the PaperMC Minecraft Server build. This build is an excellent choice for running an efficient and optimized server.

a) create the folder b) download the latest jar file from PaperMC's website. There is a new version released every day, download it as follows but pick the latest one.

Step 4 - Configure your new PaperMC Minecraft Server

a) run the server for the first time. Make sure you are in the /opt/minecraft directory. The following command assumes a server with 4GB of RAM.*Note 1: I am using standard java startup parameters. For further optimization consider using the Aikar Flags instead.

*Note 2: -Xms128M and -Xmx3500M are parameters telling java to start with 128MB of ram as a minimum for the jar file and let it grow to 3500MB max as needed.If your server has more ram to dedicate then you can adjust these numbers. More players mean you need more. These are not constructs unique to Minecraft. Do a google search on (xms xmx jvm) and you w

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