How to install Minecraft on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective is to install the Minecraft client on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux.

Operating System and Software Versions

• Operating System: - Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Conventions

• # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
• $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Other Versions of this Tutorial

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

Instructions

Install Minecraft on Ubuntu using official package

Download Minecraft Package

The first step is to download the official minecraft package. Open up terminal and enter the following wget command to download the Minecraft.deb package:

$ wget -o ~/Minecraft.deb https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.deb

Install Minecraft.deb package

The easiest way is to install the previously downloaded Minecraft.deb package is by using gdebi tool. First make sure that gdebi command is available on your system:

$ sudo apt install gdebi-core

Once ready install the Minecraft.deb package:

$ sudo gdebi ~/Minecraft.deb

What remains is to start Minecraft launcher:

Install Minecraft on Ubuntu using snap

The installation of the Minecraft client on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux with use of snap is as easy as an execution of a single command. Open up terminal and enter:

$ sudo snap install minecraft

Launch Minecraft Client

To start the Minecraft client on your Ubuntu system either execute the command:

$ minecraft

or search the Activities menu: