Get Minecraft In Its Full Version Minecraft Running On A Raspberry Pi

Installing Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi means you'll find Minecraft Pi in the Games section. Minecraft Pi is a bare-bones version of the well-known survival game that was designed to students learn various programming languages.

Sure, it's enjoyable, but it's not the Minecraft game we've come to know and love. 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 amount of editing and tinkering with files and Terminal commands. It is recommended to take your time and read through each step.

Keep in mind Before you dive in, there's certain things you need to be aware of:

You will require your Mojang account login information and your Minecraft username. nbjyxspa

You'll need an active Minecraft license. Minecraft.net has a place to purchase one.

This guide is for Minecraft 1.8.9. You can still use the latest version of Minecraft 1.8.9.

Playing Minecraft on a computer that costs $35 isn't going be the smoothest experience, but it's certainly playable.

Spend an hour getting everything set up and running.

I suggest opening the guide on your Raspberry Pi's browser and then putting the Terminal window alongside it. There are some altered log files in Dropbox accounts you'll need to download and I'd hate to post the commands here, only to have the links changed at a later day.

It's very easy. You'll need to copy various Terminal commands from your browser and then paste them into the command prompt. After you've entered each command, hit the Enter key on the keyboard. Your Pi will handle the rest.

Tips to help make the process more smooth

Step 1 doesn't apply to Raspberry Pi 3 users. You cannot currently overclock the Pi 3 The Pi 3 is faster than the Pi 2 out of the box.

After you have entered Step 4's command, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to highlight Advanced options and press enter. Then, highlight GL Options and select Enable.

Step 7 in the guide was confusing to me. It says click "edit profile" however, you actually must select Profile Editor and then double-click the first listing. Under Version Selection click on the drop-down next to Use version and choose the appropriate build number. The default guide is 1.8.9. At present, we recommend using the version you have and we can alter it once everything is working.

Step 10 instructs you to edit the "run.sh" file without further instructions. To edit it open the Minecraft folder that is located within your Pi directory and right-click the run.sh file, then choose Text Editor.

To start Minecraft, you have a two options. The guide will show you how to use "./run.sh" in Terminal to start Minecraft. Although this works, you will need to type "cd Minecraft", before entering the command. Another option is to open the Minecraft folder, double-click on the run.sh file and then choose "Execute."

Start with the most recent version. Then you are able to play with the installation. To get to the latest version of Minecraft you'll need 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 to 1.9.4 or the most recent version.

Save your changes and then click the Play button, forcing Minecraft to download the most current version.

Next, start the Minecraft folder.

To avoid any issues if you commit a mistake, you should make a backup of the run.sh file. Change the name to "runcopy.sh".

Make sure you have a copy of the file. Then, right-click it and select Text Editor.

Press Ctrl-F on your keyboard and then type 1.8.9 in the text field. There should be at minimum two instances. Each of them should be replaced with the current Minecraft version (this should match the version number you chose in step 3).

Save the file and restart your Raspberry Pi.

Start Minecraft like you normally and enjoy.