jar
files need to be open with Java;
Windows
Go to the folder that the .jar
file is located. Then push alt+D type in cmd and hit Enter. This will open cmd.exe with the location set to the correct spot, otherwise you could change directory with the cd (directory)
command.
Now just type in java -jar minecraft_server1.8.8.jar
and hit Enter to open the file.
Linux
Open the Terminal: Applcations > Accessories > Terminal. and then change directories to where the Minecraft server jar is located with the cd
command. Then type in java -jar minecraft_server.jar
Additional arguments:
- You can add
no gui
to the end of the command to open the server without the GUI
- You can specify the initial and maximum memory allocation pool for the Java Virtual Machine by adding
-Xms500M
and -Xmx1G
between java
and -jar
. You can change the size (the 500M
and 1G
parts) to whatever you like. The default value for xmx
is 256MB, if you encounter a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
you may need to increase xmx
when you start it with this command line.