Setting up a Minecraft Server on Linux

1. Prerequisites

✅ Ubuntu 20.04 or later (or similar distro)
✅ OpenJDK 17
✅ Screen or tmux (for running in background)
✅ Basic command line knowledge (plus some common sense pls 😅)

2. Installation Steps

                        
                            sudo apt update

                            sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre-headless

                            mkdir minecraft-server  // or whatever you want to name your directory

                            cd minecraft-server

                            wget https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/server.jar

3. Running the Server

Create a start script
java -jar server.jar
Set up a screen session
tmux new -t mc
Edit server.properties to customize your setup
Configure firewall (or ✨ just turn it off ✨)