Free Raspberry Pi 4 Minecraft Java Server 2021 with Pinecraft

A couple of FAQ's to get you started. Don't forget to check the documentation on the project's github page.

Can I install Pinecraft on a distro that has a desktop environment?
No.

Can I use any distro?
No. It has to be a Debian-based distro such as Ubuntu Server or Raspberry Pi OS Lite.

How do I become admin?
See 10:31

How do I add plugins?
Stop your server with ~/minecraft/stop and then place the plugin file in ~/minecraft/plugins folder. Reboot or restart your server.

Does Insert Plugin Name work with Pinecraft?
Pinecraft Installer simply installs Minecraft server. If you chose a flavor that works with said plugin, then yes, it should work – but that has nothing to do with Pinecraft (which is only an installer).

How do I let my friends connect?
I speak about this at 8:54 – of course you'll need some networking knowledge to open the port in your firewall. If you're not sure how to do that, please get a geek friend to help. It can be a security risk opening ports without actually knowing what you're doing. You can play on your LAN immediately by adding your Pinecraft server's local IP address. If you don't know it (weird, since you're ssh'd into it?) type this on your Pinecraft server and look for the INET address that corresponds with your home network (probably starts with 192.168, for example): ip a

Does it have to be a Raspberry Pi 4?
No. But Pinecraft is a new project, and has very little funding thus far. I'm focusing on the Pi 4 since it is powerful enough and can be overclocked, but keeps it so I can focus support on a single device for now. You're welcome to try Pinecraft Installer on other devices, but troubleshooting will be up to you. Just keep in mind you need at least 4 GB RAM, fast media, a decently fast CPU, and a Debian-based distro with no desktop environment. Our Patron-exclusive Pinecraft server is running on Debian 10 in a virtual machine.

I'll add to this list if there are more questions. Please comment after watching the video through since I might have already answered. Thanks for watching!

how do i start my server

I realy dont like your personality. But your knowleadge are great about networks and pinecraft is GREAT (work perfect even with 12blocks view couple of person) and very thank you for that 😉
Question- Can you made ready and easy pack like that but with easy USB /pendrive/SSD support ?
Or small tutorial how to switch all to SSD. its will help for sure improve stability and dont kill SD fast

Edit: The cat5tv team really helped my answer this question and after they helped me I managed to get my server up and running (best thing to do on the raspberry pi)

This started off AMAZING but now whenever I try and install Pinecraft when I get to installing dialogue it just says this:
Installing dialog… Failed. Aborting. Install dialog first.
And I cant work out how to fix this and it is really annoying I also tried multiple times with different sd cards

I know it a bit late too ask but what do i do when I accidentally exit the spalsh screen?

Best tutorial I could find thanks

I have just installed minecraft forge using your script, on my pi 4 and was wondering if there was a way to "detach" and "re-atach" so i can check performance on the pi so that i might be able to allocate more ram to the server? It seems to me that I cannot press ctrl -A -D to detach back to the terminal screen.

Thanks! This was very useful. How can i uninstall it in case?

I love how the raspberry pi community is so good at making cool things like this.

if pinecraft goes belly up wouldn't I lose my builds?

I am trying to play with a friend on this server, but for some reason he can't connect to the server. I have the whitelist down, and the max player count is over 1, so I can't quite figure out what's going on. I am in the latest Pinecraft release as of me posting this. What should I do to troubleshoot it?

how do you add mods to the server's mods folder??