Minecraft server launcher - utility

MCA is easy-to-use and allows you to run a Minecraft server with just one short command in the background with the ability to view the output with GNU Screen and run commands.

Usage

mca [OPTION]... [NAME|JAR|MDIR] [INPUT]...

MCA examples

Running minecraft server with 2048 megabytes max memory

mkdir -p ~/mca/myserver
cd ~/mca/myserver
# This link is taken from https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server
wget https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/e6ec2f64e6080b9b5d9b471b291c33cc7f509733/server.jar
echo 'max_memory 2048M' >> ./.mcarc
mca

Running paper server with Aikar flags

echo 'platform paper' >> ./.mcarc
mca

Running velocity server with Aikar flags

echo 'platform velocity' >> ./.mcarc
mca

Also, the platform can be determined automatically based on the .jar name. For example, the file name is paper-1.21.5.jar, since it starts with paper, the platform will be paper and there is no need to manually specify it in the PLATFORM variable.

Installation

From Zhira Debian repository

For Debian 12 Bookworm there are deb packages in the Zhira Debian repository.

Add the Zhira Debian repository

wget -qO- https://deb.zhira.net/debian/zhira-archive-keyring.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/zhira-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
echo 'deb [arch=all signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/zhira-archive-keyring.gpg] https://deb.zhira.net/debian/ bookworm main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zhira.list > /dev/null

Update the package list

sudo apt update

Install mca

sudo apt install mca

From sources

Clone the repository

git clone https://git.zhira.net/rozhur/mca

Install mca into /usr/local/bin directory

cd ./mca
sudo make PREFIX=/usr/local install