Minecraft for Linux?

**BghMc** · July 15th, 2013

Hey guys! I'm new to the forums and I was wondering; Is there Minecraft for Ubuntu and how do I get it.

P.S:
I don't know where to post this but; Do you know if the Logitech G500s would work on Ubuntu (Just the normal functions not the programmable keys) and also the Razer DeathAdder 2013.

**Horbo** · July 15th, 2013

Originally Posted by BghMc

Hey guys! I'm new to the forums and I was wondering; Is there Minecraft for Ubuntu and how do I get it.

P.S:
I don't know where to post this but; Do you know if the Logitech G500s would work on Ubuntu (Just the normal functions not the programmable keys) and also the Razer DeathAdder 2013.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallMinecraft147

**DarkAmbient** · July 15th, 2013

check out the link in my sig.

**soloman469** · July 15th, 2013

Here are some pretty easy steps for you if none of those work.

1.Goto Minecraft.net
2.Click the download it here button on the website.
3.Download the Minecraft.jar file to your Downloads folder.
4.Open a terminal.
5.Enter the following commands in order:
5.a. cd ~/Downloads
5.b. sudo chmod a+x minecraft.jar
5.c java -Xmx256M -Xms256M -cp minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame

You're all set!

(P.S. You may be prompted to enter your password, so be prepared...)

**soloman469** · July 15th, 2013

You realize that 1.4.7 is HEAVILY outdated right?

**soloman469** · July 15th, 2013

Originally Posted by Horbo

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallMinecraft147

You realize that 1.4.7 is HEAVILY outdated right?

**Horbo** · July 16th, 2013

Originally Posted by soloman469

You realize that 1.4.7 is HEAVILY outdated right?

Of course. The installation guide though is the same for the current version.

**efflandt** · July 16th, 2013

The current version does not use the same launcher. There is a new launcher that can launch current version (by default) or previous versions or snapshots of future versions by configuring other profiles.

Once you download Minecraft.jar from minecraft.net (assuming to ~/Downloads), there is no need to give it execute permission, simply do:

Code:

java -jar ~/Downloads/Minecraft.jar

Assuming you have openjdk-6-jre or openjdk-7-jre and optimal video driver installed, that is all there is to it. I have not found any need to use Oracle Java, in fact some people have had trouble using Oracle Java 7 for minecraft (unless they had some other issue).

If you have Main Menu (alacarte) installed you can set up a launcher for Dash to run the following in a terminal and then lock that to the Unity bar if you want to: sh -c 'java -jar ~/Downloads/Minecraft.jar'

PS: If you want to use more or less than the default 1 GB of RAM you can Edit Profile within the launcher or Add Profile for other versions or snapshots.