I downloaded a minetest with a built in server

[Chinchow]

It had an option similar to the minetest file the one similar to command prompt I do not know what this is and decided to ask does anyone have an answer

[xyz]

minetest binary can act as minetestserver, just add --server to its command line flags

[Ragnar]

when i installed mt with cal's 1 line install + compile, i got both minetest+Minetestserver

[Chinchow]

when i installed mt with cal's 1 line install + compile, i got both minetest+Minetestserver

That's what I got

[Gage]

whait so u can have your pc run a server without anything but a file?

[PilzAdam]

whait so u can have your pc run a server without anything but a file?

Umm... yes? All programs are files. Ok, you need an OS too (preferably a Linux distro).