Can someone help a Mac User?

So I host a server on a Mac and I am having a lot of trouble trying to install plugins and mods. Is there some sort of program that will easily do this? Thanks

 

I know macs do some things different, but it can't be much different than "put plugin.jar in plugin folder" can it?

 

Running a mac server myself and it is just that simple

 

Yep. Just drag the plugin.jar into the Plugin folder in the folder with the Bukkit server thing

 

you see the thing is I dont have a bukkit server and there is no plugin.jar folder...

 

Then

Then what kind of server are you running... Vanilla?

 

so.. you are not really hosting a server then, are you?

well.. there used to be mac instructions here
but they have been removed..

my understand of mac server setup is that it was fairly close to linux:

download the latest recommended build,
create a script (.sh?) file which says

Code:

 java -Xincgc -Xmx1G -jar craftbukkit-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar nogui 

(assumes you are running the script from the same folder as the jar. also assumes java is in the path. .. Do Macs use path?)

in a terminal:
grant execute permissions on the script
chmod +x scriptname.sh

run the script
./scriptname

however, i could be wrong

 

Typo there bud.

 

fixed.. thanks

i need to just remember it stands for INCrementalGarbageCollection and stop trying to guess the letters

 

I am running a Mac Server with the script being

Code:

#!/bin/sh
java -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -jar craftbukkit.jar nogui

I adapted it fromhMod (I think?). It works well.

 

ok so what do i do with that? Im kinda a beginner at running servers

 

So, first, make a folder (I call mine bukkit) in the Sites folder. Doesn't have to be there, but thats where I like mine. Now put the CraftBukkit.jar in there. then, using textedit (or editor of your choice) copy and paste the code that either I or the mughi has, and save it in the same folder as you put craftbukkit.jar, with .sh as the extention. Now goto terminal, and cd to your folder, in my case the command would be

Code:

cd ~/Sites/bukkit

after that do

Code:

chmod +x {name of the.sh}

(you only need to do these two top steps once... )and then do ./{thename of the .sh} and it will start, and create the needed folders, like plugins, and world, and also the needed files like server.properties.

 

ok thank you very much I will try that.