How to install Minecraft Server on Raspberry Pi 4
Basic File System Setup.
Steps are following the Youtube Video by Macintosh Fan Technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBX-90NcAJo
Make sure your Java version is Java 8 or newer.
Open a terminal session:
Change Directory to Desktop
cd home/pi/Desktop or cd Desktop
Make a new directory (Folder) called minecraft_server
mkdir minecraft_server Change to the directory cd minecraft_server
Use the touch command to create a shell script file in that directory name start.sh
touch start.sh
Enable the Read/Write attributes with chmod command to the start.sh file
chmod +x start.sh
Modify the start.sh by adding the following 2 lines using nano.
sudo nano start.sh Cut and Paste the following 2 lines: cd /home/pi/Desktop/minecraft_server/ java -Xmx1024M -Xmx2000M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -jar spigot16-5.jar nogui Use the Control key with the letter o to save content. Use the Control key with the letter x to close the file. Note: spigot16-5.jar is going to be the name of the file that loads. Make sure this matches the name in the folder after downloaded in next step.
Download Spigot Server File from the getbukkit.org download.
Open Spigot Server Download using the following URL:
https://getbukkit.org/download/spigot
Select the Spigot version needed for your server. I will use version 1.16.5 for this example
Once selected click Download for that version. Do not click Create a Server
In the Box that says You're about to download: click on the version link. Spigot 1.16.5.jar
Now copy the Spigot 1.16.5.jar from the Downloads directory(Folder) to the minecraft_Server directory (Folder).
cp /home/pi/Downloads/spigot-1.16.5.jar /home/pi/Desktop/minecraft_server/spigot16-5.jar
Note: spigot16-5.jar is going to be the name of the file that loads. Make sure this matches the name in the start.sh file.
Starting the server for the first time. Open a new terminal and enter the following line:
/home/pi/Desktop/minecraft_server/start.sh
Error message stating need to agree to the EULA license will stop the build process.
How to update the EULA license. Modify the eula.txt file with nano.
sudo nano /home/pi/Desktop/minecraft_server/eula.txt Change eula=false to eula=true Use the Control key with the letter o to save content. Use the Control key with the letter x to close the file.
Starting the server to complete the build process. Open a new terminal and enter the following line to see the server IP:
ifconfig
Run the Server:
/home/pi/Desktop/minecraft_server/start.sh
Shutdown Server
In the terminal type stop on the command line.
