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 viasudo
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 followingwget
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 downloadedMinecraft.deb
package is by using gdebi
tool. First make sure that gdebi
command is available on your system: $ sudo apt install gdebi-core
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Minecraft.deb
package: $ sudo gdebi ~/Minecraft.debWhat remains is to start Minecraft launcher:
Install Minecraft on Ubuntu using snap
Minecraft SNAP package seems to be no longer available. This section of the article is kept for archiving purposes only.
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:$ minecraftor search the Activities menu: