Minecraft Installer

This script automates the installation and setup of a Minecraft server on a Linux machine.

Features

• Checks if Java is installed and installs it if necessary.
• Downloads the specified version of the Minecraft server.
• Creates a server.properties file with default settings.
• Prompts the user to accept the Minecraft EULA.
• Creates a eula.txt file to accept the EULA.
• Sets up crontab for automatic server startup.
• Provides start, stop, and attach scripts for managing the server.

Usage

To use this installer, run the following command:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lucentix/minecraft-installer/main/install.sh)

Options

• -h, --help: Display the help message.
• --non-interactive: Skip all interactive prompts by providing all required inputs as options.
• -v, --version <URL|latest>: Choose a Minecraft server version. Default: latest.
• -u, --update <path>: Update the Minecraft server version and specify the directory. Use -v or --version to specify the version or it will use the latest version.
• -c, --crontab: Enable or disable crontab autostart.
• --kill-port: Forcefully stop any process running on the Minecraft server port (25565).
• --delete-dir: Forcefully delete the /home/minecraft directory if it exists.

Acknowledgements

This installer was adapted from the FiveM installer created by Twe3x. You can find the original FiveM installer here.

Special thanks to Twe3x for providing the original script that served as the foundation for this Minecraft installer.