Minecraft

For running Minecraft you need to have Java (icedtea7) installed.

Client

Obtain and run the client launcher

Download the Minecraft.jar and run the Launcher.

$ java -jar Minecraft.jar

Sound issues when using PulseAudio

Minecraft uses OpenAL which seems to get confused sometimes (missing sounds or music), so tell it to use the pulse driver first.

File: /etc/openal/alsoft.conf

drivers=pulse,alsa,oss

Create a user for running Minecraft

# useradd -m -s /bin/bash minecraft

Become the minecraft user so that any file you download is owned by the correct user.

# su -l minecraft

Obtain and run the server binary

Download the current server binary from, e.g. minecraft_server.1.7.2.jar and run it.

$ wget minecraft_server.1.7.2.jar

$ tmux new -s minecraft

$ java -Xms32M -Xmx1024M -jar minecraft_server.1.7.2.jar nogui

Stopping the server

On the Minecraft server command-line.

$ tmux attach -t minecraft

$ stop

Configuration

File: ops.txt

tgurr

File: server.properties

level-name=deltaquadrant
server-name=deltaquadrant.org
server-port=25565
server-ip=xx.xx.xx.xx
white-list=true
snooper-enabled=false
difficulty=1
gamemode=0
motd=your motd

File: white-list.txt

username1
username2