How do I set up a Tekkit server on a ubuntu server?

[thedredge]

So I'm a total noob at this stuff, but I just got a fresh Ubuntu Server and my first problem is installing java on it god I feel dumb. Even if I get that I don't know how to run the actual server from my Laptop. Any help would be nice

One thing I did manage to do was set up WinSCP and get all the files from the download onto the server.

[Ragnar Homsar]

Er... did you actually rent a VPS or something? I'd personally use PuTTY with SSH for this but whatever.

[Fake Al Gore]

The first thing you want to do, and it sounds like you already know this, is to install Oracle Java 7 onto your Ubuntu system. You should follow these instructions for getting it setup.

Once that is installed, download the Tekkit server files, extract them to a directory of your choosing, and run it with the command inside of the launch.bat file.

[grosskum]

I have the same question and I tried the suggested things, I know how to run Bukkit and vanilla but this isn't working for me? anyone have a link to a youtube tutorial?

[xardas]

Works on Debian Distros, Ubuntu, Mint etc...

Open Terminal

type: sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre openjdk-6-jre

type: sudo update-alternatives --config java

-Choose the Java7 Option.(3 on mine)

type: cd [folder where tekkit.jar is located]

type: java -Xmx3G -Xms2G -jar Tekkit.jar nogui

-Change 3G/2G to how much ram you want to dedicate to your tekkit server.

[Saffen]

Also note that some mods will behave odd due to file nameing. Mainly computercraft from what I recall, and some id conflicts will pop up due to the load order being different on ubuntu, I got mine working, but was a pain in the a..

[sct]

Also note that some mods will behave odd due to file nameing. Mainly computercraft from what I recall, and some id conflicts will pop up due to the load order being different on ubuntu, I got mine working, but was a pain in the a..

That was fixed in 2.1.1

[Saffen]

That was fixed in 2.1.1

Nope, not entirely.

Computercraft needs to be extracted to a new folder (to get it working) and when you do that, it turns bundled cables functionality off because it changes load-order of the mod. The fix I came up with (which seems to be working btw) is to have two Computercraft folders - with same name, just one with uppercase C and one with lower.

[sct]

Nope, not entirely.

Computercraft needs to be extracted to a new folder (to get it working) and when you do that, it turns bundled cables functionality off because it changes load-order of the mod. The fix I came up with (which seems to be working btw) is to have two Computercraft folders - with same name, just one with uppercase C and one with lower.

Ah. I never ran into that issue myself. (I don't use computercraft )

[Saffen]

Ah. I never ran into that issue myself. (I don't use computercraft )

How can you not use computercraft?! its amazing!

[SuckyComedian]

I don't know about you guys, but before this would work for me I had to do sudo java -Xmx3G -Xms2G -jar Tekkit.jar nogui

[bobmekensi]

help!! when i tried this and got to this bit

type: java -Xmx3G -Xms2G -jar Tekkit.jar nogui

-Change 3G/2G to how much ram you want to dedicate to your tekkit server.

i got from my server

Error: Could not create virtual machine.

Error: a fatal exception has occurred. program exiting.

please help i am trying to get this server running by the end of the week