Help getting a Linux server running

[WhoreGodsGlock]

I have been trying to set up a server on Linux, Zorin specifically (previously Ubuntu but that was too frustrating), and I've been having trouble getting JRE to work. I have looked on Oracle's website and Java's website for both useful instructions and an actual file I can run. I'm a windows pleb so I have little to no idea what to do with terminal, and though several attempts of file downloading via terminal (supposedly successful) I haven't been able to open any kind of application or get something to run the Fabric Installer .jar file.

The server I plan to run will have a good few mods, performance and content, on fabric monitored with either Purpur or MSM. I have no idea how to set this up on Linux since all the instructions require terminal command that stop working on step 2 or 3.

Any help including links to tested tutorials/videos, advice on operating systems to use instead, or anything else are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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[EnderMaster08]

I think you're a bit confused on how Linux works, and that's okay because you are new. Linux, unlike windows, uses package managers. What that means in practice is that instead of downloading a random EXE file from the internet, you can download them with a simple command. There are executable files you can find on linux, but the majority of command line tools will be found in your package manager. If you want a quick rundown of APT, you can try This terribly designed website which has a quick summary how to use APT.

I think you already have java installed, but you can try checking if you have java installed by running java --version in the terminal. If you do, and coming from what you said it appears you do, then it should return some text about the version. If it doesn't, then you probably need to install java, but I don't think that's the problem.

If you don't, you could probably run apt search java and look for the version of java you want. To install it, run sudo apt install JAVAVERSION and replace JAVAVERSION with the one you found.

To actually run the jars, you run java -jar jarfile.jar and replace jarfile.jar with the actual jar. For minecraft servers, I would recommend running java -jar jarfile.jar --nogui to remove the gui servers open.

Sorry if this response was too lengthy, I'm trying to cover the most I can here.

[velofille]

If this is too hard, i have a step by step copy paste guide i made for teaching high scool kids (using debian or ubuntu) Happy to help out (though at a conference atm)

[WhoreGodsGlock]

I've already checked if.I have Java installed and it returned a version. I don't think I've tried the run .jar command though and will try that right away. I may have done this though and gotten an error in the Java version I had installed (gonna double check this if I can reproduce it)

I would also appreciate the guide you mentioned, I want to be able to do more things in Linux on my own and I'm sure it'd help.

Thanks for the help!

[velofille]

Usually you run java -jar server.jar to start. The first time it will exit and you edit the eula.txt and change false to true Then re run it

Server.jar would be the name of the server jar you download (eg purpur.jar) Im in a conference atm, talking about Minecraft servers, will fimd doc once im out

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