Minecraft Bukkit Server on Debian Wheezy

Introduction

Bukkit is an extension of Minecraft that offers some exclusive features as well as plugins that can greatly improve your gaming experience.

Bukkit is a community-driven project that allows every Java developer to write their own plugins and create additional features.

Prerequisites

Installing Java

Installing Java on Debian Wheezy can be done using the apt-get command as follows:

apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

You can verify whether or not the Java installations were successful by running the following command:

java -v

Downloading Bukkit

The first step is to create the directory in which Bukkit will be installed:

mkdir /root/mc/

Next, we download Bukkit:

cd /root/mc/ && wget http://tcpr.ca/files/craftbukkit/craftbukkit-latest.jar

Running Bukkit

The command below to initialize and run Bukkit:

java -jar craftbukkit-latest.jar

Once all the libraries have been initialized, you will receive a message advising that you need to accept the Bukkit EULA. To do so, you need to open the file eula.txt and change the variable to True.

Once completed, you will need to re-run the same Java command referenced above.

Make It Persistent

Bukkit does not run in the background by default. As such, it is recommended that you run it in a screen session to ensure that it remains active even after you log out of your server.

You can use the command below to run Bukkit in a screen session:

screen java -jar craftbukkit-latest.jar

Conclusion

This concludes our tutorial. For more information on how to use and customize Bukkit, please refer to the official Bukkit documentation.