Install Minecraft on Ubuntu

I tried doing this today and ran into a small hitch. The official Minecraft website gives you a .deb file to install. No package manager or instructions. A couple blog posts I found had instructions that worked, but gave instructions which I felt were too long or installed unnecessary things.

Here’s how to install Minecraft Java Edition on Ubuntu, short and sweet.

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sudo apt install default-jre
curl -sSL "https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.deb" -o /tmp/Minecraft.deb
sudo dpkg -i /tmp/Minecraft.deb

If you already have a working Java installation, you can skip the first step.