When I try to open the Essentials.jar in my plugins folder, it waits about 10 seconds then gives me and error saying it could not be opened, and to check the console for errors. I've googled around and not much has come up, all saying to do the same thing with the terminal, use java -jar then placing the .jar in there and it should work, but it doesn't for me. If you have a solution please post. Thanks in advance.
You shouldn't need to execute "Essentials.jar" at all. All you need to do is place the file within the plugins folder, and run the server normally.
Oh... I'll try that xD But its not just for minecraft, a lot of other jars I've downloaded wouldn't open either
If they're made as Bukkit plugins, they shouldn't need to be opened. They do not come with a "main class", and therefore will throwback a Java Exception error.
