====== Installing a Fabric Server without a GUI ======

Let’s say that you want to install a Fabric server on a machine which does not have GUI support. For example, if you have rented a VPS, and you want to run your own Fabric server on that

===== Requirements =====

  * For Minecraft 1.16.5 or older, the required version of Java is 8
  * For Minecraft 1.17.2, the required version of Java is 16
  * For Minecraft 1.18.2 to 1.20.4, the required version of Java is 17
  * For Minecraft 1.20.5 or newer, the required version of Java is 21

You will also need a way to download files to the server. This can be done using a file transfer, [[https://curl.se/|curl]] or [[https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/|wget]]

==== Installing dependencies ====

^Name^Notes   ^Debian (Ubuntu, Mint, …)             ^Fedora                                ^
|Java|Required|''%%apt install openjdk-8-jre-headless%%''|''%%dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless%%''|
|Curl|Required|''%%apt install curl%%''                  |''%%dnf install curl%%''                       |

===== Instructions =====

  - Create and enter a directory to put the server in
  - Visit [[https://fabricmc.net/use/server/|the Minecraft Server download page]] and configure the desired versions
  - Use one of the following methods to download the minecraft server .jar to your server.
    * Curl: Copy the curl command from [[https://fabricmc.net/use/server/|this page]]. Then inside the server directory run the command to download the server jar file.
    * File transfer: Download the server jar from [[https://fabricmc.net/use/server/|this page]] and transfer it into the server directory.
  - To launch the server, run the command as shown on the web page.