Raspbian is installed on your Raspberry Pi. This will allow you to find Minecraft Pi under the Games section. Minecraft Pi is a bare-bones version of the popular survival game that was designed to users learn different programming languages.
It's certainly fun but it's not the Minecraft game we love to. A group of Raspberry Pi users has figured out how to install Minecraft full-featured on your Raspberry Pi 2, or 3.
Like everything else on the Raspberry Pi, there's a lot of editing and tinkering with files and Terminal commands. It is recommended to take your time and read through each step.
Be aware of this before you start, there are some things you should know:
You'll require your Mojang account login information and your Minecraft username.
You will need a paid Minecraft license. Minecraft.net has a place to purchase one.
This guide is for Minecraft 1.8.9. You can still use the current version of Minecraft 1.8.9.
Although Minecraft is not the most pleasurable experience on an expensive computer, it is definitely possible to play it.
Plan on spending an hour getting everything up and running.
I would suggest opening this guide in your Raspberry Pi's browser and then a Terminal window next to it. Thinkofdeath 'll need to download some modified log files from Dropbox. I don't want to post the commands here only to have them altered later.
The process is simple, mostly requiring you to copy various Terminal commands from your browser, pasting them into the command line. After you have entered each command, press the Enter key on your keyboard. Your Pi will take care of the rest.
Tips to make the process smoother
Step 1 doesn't apply to Raspberry Pi 3 users. You are not able to overclock the Pi 3 The Pi 3 is faster than the Pi 2 out of the box.
After you have completed Step 4, press the arrow keys to highlight Advanced options. Then, highlight GL Options, select Enable.
I got a bit confused by Step 7 of the guideline where it says click on "edit profile," You actually need to click on Profile Editor, then double-click on the first (and only) listing. Under Version Selection click on the drop-down next to Use version and select the appropriate build number. The default guide is 1.8.9. At the moment, you can use that version and then we can alter it once everything is working.
Step 10 instructs you to edit "run.sh" without further instructions. Open the Minecraft folder inside your Pi directory, right-click the run.sh file and select Text Editor.
There are two ways to launch Minecraft. The guide will instruct you to use "./run.sh" in Terminal to start Minecraft. If that's the case, before entering the command, you'll need to enter "cd Minecraft" into a Terminal window. Another option is to open the Minecraft folder and double-click the run.sh file. Then, click "Execute."
Install the most current version Once you have everything up and running you can begin playing with the installation. To get to the most recent version of Minecraft you'll have to relaunch the Minecraft.jar file.
Enter the cd Minecraft in a terminal window
Next, enter: java -jar Minecraft.jar
Click on Profile Editor to change the version number to 1.9.4 or the most current version.
Save your changes, and then click the Play button to force Minecraft to download the latest version.
Next step is to then, open the Minecraft folder.
To avoid any problems should you make a mistake, create an archive of the run.sh file. Change the name to "runcopy.sh".
Make sure you have an original copy of the file. Then, right-click on it and select Text Editor.
Enter 1.8.9 into the text field by pressing Ctrl+F on your keyboard. There should be at minimum two instances. Each of them should be replaced with the latest Minecraft version (this should be in line with the version number that you selected in step 3).
Save the file, then reboot your Raspberry Pi.
Start Minecraft as normal and enjoy.