Tutorials/Minecraft help FAQ

General Information

 * Use Pastebin for error logs and such
 * Make sure your Java version is up to date "Link to Oracle for Java"
 * Make sure your

Reinstalling Minecraft
One of the common ways to fix an ailing Minecraft installation of various bugs is to simply re-install it. Removing the launcher itself (the file you downloaded) however will not remove Minecraft. The steps below should work for most people.

Windows

 * 1) Navigate to your Application Data Folder
 * 2) * On Windows XP and Vista: C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Roaming
 * 3) * On Windows 7 C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming
 * 4) Double Click the .minecraft folder
 * 5) Copy out the saves folder to a different location
 * 6) Go back one directory (to where you can see .minecraft)
 * 7) Drag the .minecraft folder into the trash
 * 8) Start the Minecraft.exe file to re-download Minecraft
 * 9) Close Minecraft when you reach the title screen
 * 10) Copy the saves folder back into the new .minecraft folder.  You can safely overwrite any data that's currently in this folder

Linux & Mac OSX

 * 1) Open a terminal
 * 2) Copy and Paste the following into the terminal to delete the current minecraft installation and retain the current saved worlds mv ~/.minecraft/saves /tmp/mc-save-tmp;rm -rf ~/.minecraft/*;mv /tmp/mc-save-tmp ~/.minecraft
 * 3) Start Minecraft like you normally would.  Your saves should be intact and the Minecraft client will re-download itself for you.

Running a Server

 * Requirements
 * How to run on Windows
 * script for running/installing on Linux & Mac (with the ability to run hey0, your welcome)

Installing Client on Linux

 * script to generate the desktop file and d/l the client