How To Create Mta Server

Installation 64 bit

Main binary

Download the latest stable 64 bit Linux binaries:

rm -f multitheftauto_linux_x64.tar.gz wget http://linux.mtasa.com/dl/multitheftauto_linux_x64.tar.gz

Unpack into a directory:

tar -xf multitheftauto_linux_x64.tar.gz

Default config

Download the default config files:

rm -f baseconfig.tar.gz wget http://linux.mtasa.com/dl/baseconfig.tar.gz

Unpack and move into the deathmatch directory:
( Note: Only do this for new installations as it will overwrite any existing config files.)

tar -xf baseconfig.tar.gz mv baseconfig/* multitheftauto_linux_x64/mods/deathmatch

Change to the MTA server install directory:

cd multitheftauto_linux_x64

Test

You can now test if the server will start correctly:

./mta-server64

If your server comes up with issues such as:

libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

you may have either a newer or older version of the Shared Object file. In such cases, it is warranted to create a symbolic link with that same name to the newer or older Shared Object file, with for example:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.6 /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5

Of course, the location of these files could depend on your distribution of GNU/Linux; refer to your distribution's documentation on the location of the files.

Default resources

If you need the default resources: Download the latest default resources zip from http://mirror.mtasa.com/mtasa/resources/ and unzip into mods/deathmatch/resources
Make sure you are in the MTA server install directory when following this example:

apt-get install unzip mkdir mods/deathmatch/resources cd mods/deathmatch/resources rm -f mtasa-resources-latest.zip wget http://mirror.mtasa.com/mtasa/resources/mtasa-resources-latest.zip unzip mtasa-resources-latest.zip rm -f mtasa-resources-latest.zip cd ../../..

Installation 32 bit

Main binary

Download the latest stable 32 bit Linux binaries:

rm -f multitheftauto_linux.tar.gz wget http://linux.mtasa.com/dl/multitheftauto_linux.tar.gz

Unpack into a directory:

tar -xf multitheftauto_linux.tar.gz

Default config

Download the default config files:

rm -f baseconfig.tar.gz wget http://linux.mtasa.com/dl/baseconfig.tar.gz

Unpack and move into the deathmatch directory:
( Note: Only do this for new installations as it will overwrite any existing config files.)

tar -xf baseconfig.tar.gz mv baseconfig/* multitheftauto_linux/mods/deathmatch

Change to the MTA server install directory:

cd multitheftauto_linux

Test

You can now test if the server will start correctly:

./mta-server

Default resources

apt-get install unzip mkdir mods/deathmatch/resources cd mods/deathmatch/resources rm -f mtasa-resources-latest.zip wget http://mirror.mtasa.com/mtasa/resources/mtasa-resources-latest.zip unzip mtasa-resources-latest.zip rm -f mtasa-resources-latest.zip cd ../../..

Running with 32 or 64 bit Linux

Make sure your server libraries and stuff are up to date

On Debian/Ubuntu this is done with:

apt-get update apt-get upgrade

Troubleshooting

If you get a problem with such as "libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.", it can be solved on 32 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install libreadline5

If you get a problem with such as "libncursesw.so.5 cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory", it can be solved on 32 bit Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install libncursesw5

Note: If you experience this issue on a 64-bit machine while trying to run the 32-bit MTA server, then you should install the following package on a 64-bit Debian/Ubuntu machine (as root):

apt-get install lib32ncursesw5

You can find more 32-bit library alternatives on this page: www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents.

MySQL Troubleshooting

If you are using the inbuilt MySQL functions such as dbConnect and dbQuery, you will need to have libmysqlclient.so.16 installed.
If you get a problem with such as "libmysqlclient.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory", it can be solved on Debian/Ubuntu by doing this:

apt-get install libmysqlclient16

If that fails:

For 32 bit Linux, download 32 bit libmysqlclient.so.16 and put it in /usr/lib/
For 64 bit Linux, download 64 bit libmysqlclient.so.16 and put it in /usr/lib/

[Optional] Installing and Configuring an External Web Server

Instructions on how to install and configure Nginx as an external web server for MTA is here: Installing and Configuring Nginx as an External Web Server

Server crashes

If your Linux server crashes, please obtain a backtrace and post a report on our Bug tracker

To obtain a backtrace:

Do you have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory?

It's usually called 'core', and usually over 100MB, and looks something like this:

If you have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory:

Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:

apt-get install gdb

And from the MTA install directory do this command

gdb mta-server -c core

When gdb launches, do this command to get a module list:

i sh

And then this command to get a backtrace:

bt

Save the output
(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

If you do not have a core dump file in the the MTA server directory:

Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:

apt-get install gdb

And from the MTA server directory start the mta-server like this:

gdb -ex "set print thread-events off" --eval-command run --args mta-server -q

Now wait for a crash. (Ignore any weird screen output in the meantime)
When a crash occurs, do this command to get a module list:

i sh

And then this command to get a backtrace:

bt

Save the output
(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

Server freezes

If your Linux server freezes, please obtain a backtrace with thread information and post a report on our Bug tracker

To obtain a backtrace with thread information:

Install gdb. To install gdb on Debian, use this command:

apt-get install gdb

And from the MTA server directory start the mta-server like this:

gdb -ex "set print thread-events off" --eval-command run --args mta-server -q

Now wait for a freeze. (Ignore any weird screen output in the meantime)
When a freeze occurs, press ctrl-c to start gdb
Then do this command to get a module list:

i sh

And then this command to get a backtrace:

bt

And then this command to get thread information:

info threads

Save the output
(To exit gdb, use the quit command)

Automatic installer

Prerequisites

Make sure you have bash, unzip, tar and wget available on your server. Also notice that for 64-bit servers the 64-bit binary will be installed, otherwise 32-bit binary will be.

Source code

          #!/bin/bash -x  #==============================================================================#  #                                mtasa-install                                 #  #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#  #  This shellscript installs MTA:SA on your server. You can configure it and   #  #  modify it as desired, you can even improve it if you want.                  #  #==============================================================================#     ARCH_TYPE=""     getArchitecture()  {      if ((1<<32)); then          ARCH_TYPE="_x64"      fi  }     downloadFiles()  {      wget http://linux.mtasa.com/dl/multitheftauto_linux${ARCH_TYPE}.tar.gz      wget http://linux.mtasa.com/dl/baseconfig.tar.gz  }     unpack()  {      tar -xf multitheftauto_linux${ARCH_TYPE}.tar.gz      tar -xf baseconfig.tar.gz  }     moveConfig()  {      mv baseconfig/* multitheftauto_linux${ARCH_TYPE}/mods/deathmatch      rm -rf baseconfig      cd multitheftauto_linux${ARCH_TYPE}  }     installResources()  {      mkdir mods/deathmatch/resources      cd mods/deathmatch/resources      wget http://mirror.mtasa.com/mtasa/resources/mtasa-resources-latest.zip      unzip mtasa-resources-latest.zip      cd ../../..  }     clean()  {      rm -f ../multitheftauto_linux${ARCH_TYPE}.tar.gz      rm -f ../baseconfig.tar.gz      rm -f mods/deathmatch/resources/mtasa-resources-latest.zip  }     main()  {      getArchitecture      clean      downloadFiles      unpack      moveConfig      installResources      clean         if ((1<<32)); then # 64 bits          echo "Installation ready! Use ./mta-server64 to initialize server"      else          echo "Installation ready! Use ./mta-server to initialize server"      fi  }     main # calling program entry point

Procedure

To proceed with installation, save somewhere with read-write-execute access (777) the mtasa-install shell. Finally, proceed to execute it (./mtasa-install for example).

Alternative way to install server

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