In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing LinuxGSM on Arch Linux. LinuxGSM is a command-line tool that makes managing game servers on Linux easier. It supports a wide range of games, including popular titles like Minecraft, Counter-Strike, and Team Fortress 2.
Before we get started, you will need a few things:
LinuxGSM is hosted on GitHub and requires Git to be installed on your system. To install Git, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S git
Next, we need to clone the LinuxGSM repository from GitHub. To do this, navigate to the directory you want to clone the repository into, and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM.git
This will create a new directory called LinuxGSM.
Before we can use LinuxGSM, we need to install its dependencies. These are mostly tools and libraries required by the game servers that LinuxGSM supports. To install them, run the following command inside the LinuxGSM directory:
./LinuxGSM.sh auto-install
This will download and install all the required dependencies automatically.
Now that we have LinuxGSM and its dependencies installed, let's use it to install a game server. For this example, we will install a Minecraft server.
Navigate into the LinuxGSM directory and run the following command:
./minecraftserver install
This will download and install the Minecraft server files onto your system.
After the server has been installed, you can configure it by editing the configuration file. This file is located in the server's directory, which can be found in the lgsm/config-lgsm directory.
To open the configuration file in your text editor, run the following command:
nano lgsm/config-lgsm/minecraftserver.cfg
Make changes to the configuration file as needed. When you are done, save and exit the file.
To start the Minecraft server, run the following command:
./minecraftserver start
This will start the server in the foreground. To run the server in the background, use the ./minecraftserver start-bg command instead.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install LinuxGSM on Arch Linux and use it to install a Minecraft server. LinuxGSM makes managing game servers on Linux easier and more efficient. With LinuxGSM, you can quickly install, configure, and manage game servers with just a few simple commands.
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