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Old 12-11-2017, 11:28 AM   #1
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Minecraft won't launch


Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia" - Cinnamon (64-bit)

Hi everyone,
I have created an account for my son. Of course, he is mostly interested in games.

We have installed Minecraft but the "launch" button doesn't appear in the Software Manager. It does appear in the menu, under games, but when we click on it nothing much happens. Does anybody have any suggestions?

thanks
 
Old 12-12-2017, 01:03 AM   #2
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We have installed Minecraft
afaics one cannot just install it.
so how did you do that?

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nothing much happens.
so what DOES happen?


like in your other thread, minecraft is a java app.
you have to get java up and working first.
 
Old 12-12-2017, 06:06 AM   #3
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It's in the software manager. I clicked there and it installed. Up to now, when I install something through the software manager there appears a "launch" button next to "remove". This time, eventhough the game appears installed (with a green tick and everything), there is no "launch" button to be found in the software manager.

When I look in the menu, I spot it under "games". When I click on, nothing seems to happen. No reaction whatsoever.

My java version:
Code:
openjdk version "9-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 9-internal+0-2016-04-14-195246.buildd.src)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 9-internal+0-2016-04-14-195246.buildd.src, mixed mode)

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Old 12-13-2017, 11:01 PM   #4
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When I look in the menu, I spot it under "games". When I click on, nothing seems to happen. No reaction whatsoever.
please go to /usr/share/applications and look for the launcher file.
open it in a plain text editor (in terminal: nano *inecraft*.desktop) and find the line that starts with 'Exec='
copy the rest of that line to a terminal and enter.
describe what happens, and post all the output you get here.
 
Old 12-14-2017, 01:33 PM   #5
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following your instructions:

Code:
java -jar /usr/share/minecraft/minecraft.jar
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f677b4c9009, pid=3215, tid=3216
#
# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (9.0) (build 9-internal+0-2016-04-14-195246.buildd.src)
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (9-internal+0-2016-04-14-195246.buildd.src, mixed mode, tiered, compressed oops, g1 gc, linux-amd64)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libjava.so+0x1d009]  JNU_GetEnv+0x19
#
# Core dump will be written. Default location: Core dumps may be processed with "/usr/share/apport/apport %p %s %c %d %P" (or dumping to /home/myUserName/core.3215)
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/myUserName/hs_err_pid3215.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
Canceled (core dumped)
I checked /home/myUserName/hs_err_pid3215.log and it's too long and I'm not sure what to make of it.

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Old 12-15-2017, 02:35 PM   #6
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i have same problem, just type minecraft in terminal
i get java not found moreover i had installed openjre

after i type

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$ which java
which: no java in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib64/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin:/usr/sbin)
 
Old 12-15-2017, 02:45 PM   #7
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after installing openjre from alien logout and login user it worked for me
 
Old 12-16-2017, 03:06 AM   #8
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I checked /home/myUserName/hs_err_pid3215.log and it's too long and I'm not sure what to make of it.
neither do i.
if i were you, i'd uninstall minecraft, but make sure i have the correct java version runtime environment installed.
then i'd try to install minecraft manually (it shouldn't really be an installation, just unzip the file), following documentation all the way.
once you got it working, you can add your own .desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications for your son's convenience.
 
Old 12-16-2017, 07:45 AM   #9
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let's see.

I uninstalled not-working Minecraft
I downloaded it from the official site
I understand that clicking on Minecraft.jar should launch the game? When I do a Window opens that expects from me to unzip the file. I've tried that, too. And then?

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make sure i have the correct java version runtime environment installed.
I have this version of java:
Code:
openjdk version "9-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 9-internal+0-2016-04-14-195246.buildd.src)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 9-internal+0-2016-04-14-195246.buildd.src, mixed mode)
How can I tell whether it is the correct version?

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following documentation all the way.
I'm failing to find the documentation. Most probably I'm missing the obvious.

(and I want to cry so bad )

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Old 12-19-2017, 09:59 AM   #10
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If you want to launch minecraft, do "java -jar minecraft.jar" at the command line. (Replace "minecraft.jar" with whatever it's named.)

Or, if you aren't comfortable with the command line, check out MultiMC. It replaces the mojang launcher and other modded launchers, so you can conglomerate all your instances into one launcher. (Actually, I'd recommend this for any minecraft player. MutliMC is awesome, and the dev version will import twitch modpacks directly.) It should get the system java automatically, but if it doesn't, you can specify which java to use in settings. (Like, for instance, you'd rather use the Oracle java as opposed to OpenJDK.)

Also, did you install java 1.8 or its OpenJDK equivalent? Minecraft requires it now, as opposed to the older 1.7/openjdk 7.
 
Old 12-19-2017, 01:11 PM   #11
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I'm failing to find the documentation. Most probably I'm missing the obvious.
a quick look on their own pages didn't help me either, but there's plenty of other resources: https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=minecraft%20linux
 
  


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