Minecraft becomes unresponsive for a couple of seconds (It repeats).Slow rendering (Less than 10 FPS) and sound problems.Video Glitches (Strange graphics while playing or in the game menu).If you do not meet or exceed the Hardware Requirements, some of the problems you will face are: It will run on less but this are the recommended. VIDEO - Recommended starting from Nvidia Geforce FX and up, Intel GMA 3000 (4th Gen) and up or Radeon 9000 Series and up. (Tested on Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 in both 32 Bit and 64 Bit versions) HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (Recommended)ĬPU - 2 GHz (It will run on lower Hertz but you will need hours of yoga training because it will be slower to start and play.) Install the game in the proper order with the proper files.See if we have the tools needed to install and play it.Before Downloading Minecraft we need to first: If you do not want to use the PPA or the Official Launcher then by all means, read this guide which will guide you through another long path. Although if the game starts and you get a black screen please keep on reading, specially the part about LWJGL, you might be missing the installation/overwriting of this libraries in your minecraft folder.
Update system and install minecraft installer: sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install minecraft-installer Install the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minecraft-installer-peeps/minecraft-installer
Open the Dash by pressing the SUPER button. Open the terminal: Type terminal on the Dash. It is a quick and easy way to install Minecraft and make sure everything works correctly (Very good script). You only need to have OpenJDK installed which is mentioned in this answer below.Īnother way is to use the Minecraft Installer. I tested this in 13.04 and it is working out of the box. Run the Launcher and it will take care of any libraries needed and any updates. To get it simply go to the Minecraft Download site or just click on the Minecraft Launcher Link. We first have the Official Minecraft Launcher that works correctly with versions 1.6+. If you find a typo, missing information or have tips, please let me know so we can enhance this even further.īefore reading this guide, there are a couple of new ways of installing Minecraft. I will try to cover most common problems and do a slow step by step guide on how to install Minecraft, Minecraft Server and Tips to troubleshoot, doing everything as simple as possible. The guide was also created to try to solve all problems using OpenJDK before trying to switch to Oracle’s Java version. I also did not have enough time to test versions below 11.10, but if it works or not on versions below it is just a matter of testing the steps mentioned here (But with OpenJDK 1.6). It is very thorough and oriented for Ubuntu 11.10+ since this was the first version to include OpenJDK 1.7, but it might still be missing more information to solve more problems regarding Minecraft. This guide (Which took me a little over 3 days to write and test) was made to solve most problems regarding the correct installation of Minecraft.