Running a Minecraft Server on Raspberry Pi 5
Running a Minecraft Server on Raspberry Pi 5 The Pi 5's improved CPU makes it viable for a small Minecraft server for friends. Pi Comparison Java Installation bash sudo apt update && sudo apt install default-jdk -y java -version Download Server Get the latest server.jar from minecraft.net/en-us/download/server: bash mkdir ~/minecraft && cd ~/minecraft wget https://[latest-server-url]/server.jar First Run bash java -Xmx1536M -Xms512M -jar server.jar nogui Accept EULA: echo "eula=true" > eula.txt then run again. Optimized Launch for Pi 5 bash java -Xmx2G -Xms1G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled \ -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -jar server.jar nogui server.properties for Pi properties max-players=8 view-distance=6 simulation-distance=5 Better Performance: PaperMC PaperMC uses significantly less RAM than vanilla Java. Download from papermc.io — drop-in replacement for server.jar.
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