How to install Minecraft on Raspberry Pi

Minecraft is a sandbox game designed by Markus 'Notch' Persson Swedish software engineer, and later developed and widely known by Mojang.

In terms of creativity and construction, Minecraft allows players to build buildings using structural cubes according to the simulator of the 3D world.In addition, the game also has other interesting activities such as exploring, exploiting resources, crafting and fighting.Let's learn how to install Minecraft on Raspberry Pi machines.

The guide below will explain in detail how each step so you can successfully install Minecraft on your Raspberry Pi.

The first thing to do is to update the data packets on the Raspberry Pi by entering the following 2 commands.

 sudo apt-get update 
 sudo apt-get upgrade 

Then update the firmware for your Raspberry Pi with this command:

 sudo rpi-update 

After updating the firmware, restart the Raspberry Pi with the command:

 sudo reboot 

By this step, you will have to install the experimental OpenGL Driver as well as show audio and glxgears using the commands below.

 sudo apt-get -y install xcompmgr libgl1-mesa-dri 

 sudo apt-get -y install libalut0-libalut0 

 sudo apt-get -y install mesa-utils 

Next, use the sudo raspi-config command to activate "GL Driver".

After entering the above command, from the Advanced Options a utility configuration will be started, click on 'GL Driver' and then click Yes.

Now it's time to download Minecraft, by entering the following command in Terminal:

 mkdir ~ / Minecraft; mkdir ~ / Minecraft / Natives; cd ~ / Minecraft && wgethttps: //s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.jar 

In this step, use the java -jar command for Minecraft.jar to install the launcher.

After installing the launcher, Minecraft will automatically launch, the rest is just login and battle

Just follow these instructions, make sure you install Minecraft on Raspberry Pi tape without worrying about any problems.Wish you have great entertainment moments.

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