Minecraft Server Auto-Installer

A fully automated Bash script for installing, starting, and managing Minecraft servers on Linux.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Features
• Supported Server Types
• Requirements
• Installation
• Start & Usage
• Java Selection & Recommendation
• Fabric Logic (important)
• Debug Mode
• Uninstaller
• Directory Structure
• Common Errors & Solutions
• Production Notes

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Overview

This script installs Minecraft servers interactively and always starts them inside a screen seYou choose:

• Server type
• Minecraft version
• RAM & port
• specific Java version the server should use The script does not modify your system Java, but stores the selected Java binary locally per serv---

Features

• ■ Server types:
• Vanilla
• Forge
• Fabric
• Spigot
• Paper
• Bungeecord
• ■ Automatic installation of all requirements (apt)
• ■ Server always runs inside screen
• ■ Selection of an installed Java version (update-alternatives)
• ■ Java recommendation matching the Minecraft version
• ■ --debug mode with clean script logging
• ■ --uninstall mode (including screen session cleanup)
• ■ No Python
• ■ No hardcoded Java
• ■ No broken JSON parsing

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Supported Server Types

Type	Source / Method
Vanilla	Mojang version manifest
Forge	Official Forge installer (--installServer)
Fabric	Fabric Meta API (loader + installer)
Spigot	BuildTools (legally compliant)
Paper	PaperMC REST API
Bungeecord	Official BungeeCord artifact

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Requirements

Operating System

• Debian / Ubuntu
• Root or sudo privileges

Automatically installed:

• curl
• jq
• screen
• ca-certificates
• default-jre
• additionally depending on type:
• Spigot → git, default-jdk
• Forge → default-jdk You do not need to prepare anything manually.

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Installation

chmod +x mc-installer.sh
./mc-installer.sh

License

• You can find the license here