====== Set up a Minetest server on a Raspberry Pi ======

First, ensure that the locale is set correctly with

<code bash>
sudo nano /etc/default/locale
</code>

and check to make sure it contains the correct settings. For Americans this will be

<code bash>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
</code>

Then run ''raspi-config'' and update the localization settings and timezone settings.

Then install ''etckeeper'' to track changes to config files and bring the system up-to-date with

<code bash>
sudo apt update && sudo apt install etckeeper -y && sudo apt full-upgrade -y
</code>

To compile the server, run

<code bash>
sudo apt install -y git build-essential libirrlicht-dev libgettextpo0 libfreetype6-dev cmake libbz2-dev  libjpeg62-turbo-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libopenal-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libluajit-5.1-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libleveldb-dev libzstd-dev

cd

git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest.git --branch 5.5.1

cd minetest/games

git clone https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game.git --branch 5.5.1

cd ..

cmake . -DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DENABLE_LEVELDB=0 -DBUILD_CLIENT=0 -DBUILD_SERVER=1

make -j$(nproc)

cpack -G DEB
</code>

Then install Minetest with

<code bash>
sudo dpkg --install minetest-5.5.1-linux.deb
</code>

Create paths needed for configuration files with

<code bash>
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user; mkdir -p ~/.minetest/mods; mkdir -p ~/.minetest/worlds/world
</code>

and then continue on to the actual configuration process:

  * [[wiki:configurations_for_room_503_creative_server|Configurations for Room 503 Creative server]]
  * [[wiki:configurations_for_room_503_survival_server|Configurations for Room 503 Survival server]]
  * [[wiki:configurations_for_home_minetest_creative_server|Configurations for home Minetest creative server]]
  * [[wiki:configurations_for_home_minetest_survival_server|Configurations for home Minetest survival server]]