Could someone help me install minecraft on my VPS?
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Kushinder
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Hey guys,

I jusdt purchased my VPS and I have been following a couple of tutorials on how to get minecraft set up with my VPN. I am using CentOS 5. If someone could help me from start to finish I would be VERY greatful. (I can give you ops on my server!)

Thanks,
Kush

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I got your PM, but what

I got your PM, but what errors are you getting?

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First of all when I unzip

First of all when I unzip Minecraft-Server there are no files like server.properties, admins.txt etc.

If I skip that step and try and launch the server. I get somethingabout java not being found.

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Java not installed?

It sounds like you need to install Java on the server first.

I had the same problem the other day when I tried to run the server on my old Ubuntu machine.

Some instructions to install Java on CentOS can be found at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS and http://chrisschuld.com/2008/10/installing-sun-java-on-centos-5-2/

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I'll try this out!

I'll try this out!

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No, java is still not

No, java is still not installed I'm guessing. whenever i type in
java -version
I get an error saying java is not a recognised command.

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Hmm, sounds tricky.

Hmm, sounds tricky. Installing Java on Fedora and Ubuntu was incredibly easy. Downloaded CentOS and running in a virtual machine to see if I can help more.

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Alright, do oyu want to

Alright, do oyu want to teamviewer with me? I trust you to control my computer..
do you have MSN or gtalk or something I can add you on?

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Well, I'm probably even less

Well, I'm probably even less experienced than you are, just interested as I plan on having my own Minecraft server soon.

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Thats fine, if I have someone

Thats fine, if I have someone to work with maybe they can catch something that I missed.

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Rather strange, I finally

Rather strange, I finally managed to get the live cd of CentOS 5.5 working and it looks like Java is preinstalled. Possibly this is due to a minimalistic install on your server, however I am curios as to which version is installed.