Project minetools has several small utilities to manage a Minetest server from the command line.
This is a work in progress.
Command contentdb can be used to download mods from
https://content.minetest.net and install them into a local mods folder.
From the Releases page you can download the file for your Linux machine. Depending on your architecture, you may want to download either the 386, amd64 or arm64 versions. To decide which one you need, try the following command:
uname -m
Select contentdb-linux-386.zip for x86, contentdb-linux-amd64.zip for
x86_64 and contentdb-linux-arm64.zip for aarch64. Then you can download
with curl like this (change amd64 for your architecture):
curl -L https://github.com/ronoaldo/minetools/releases/download/v0.2.2/contentdb-linux-amd64.zip > /tmp/contentdb.zip
Next you need to unpack the zip and install the program on your $PATH.
One way to complete that step is to use the unzip program, like this:
cd /tmp/
unzip /tmp/contentdb.zip
sudo mv dist/contentdb /usr/local/bin
Check the installation is working with:
contentdb --help
If you don't have unzip or curl, you can install these tools using your
package manager like apt for Debian/Ubuntu or derivatives:
apt-get update
apt-get install curl unzip -yq
To install the contentdb cli, you need a working Go (> 1.16) toolchain:
git clone https://github.com/ronoaldo/minetools
go install ./minetools/cmd/contentdb
To get the online help with all parameters, run
contentdb --help
To search for content, use the search subcommand:
contentdb search mesecons
This command will install the requested mod into the mods folder in the
current working directory. For instance, to install a system-wide mod, first
change into that directory with:
cd /usr/share/minetest
To install in your local home directory, first change to the $HOME/.minetest folder
with:
cd $HOME/.minetest
To install a mod/modpack, use the install subcommand.
contentdb install rubenwardy/sfinv
Or alternativelly, specify a specific release to install:
contentdb install rubenwardy/sfinv@52
To update all mods in the mods folder (including those installed with git!), use the update subdommand:
contentdb update
You can check what would be updated by running:
contentdb update --dry-run