Get The Full Version Of 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 stripped-down version of the popular survival game. It's created to teach users different programming languages.

Sure, it's fun but it's not the Minecraft game we've come be familiar with and enjoy. A group of Raspberry Pi users has figured out how you can install Minecraft full-featured on your Raspberry Pi 2, or 3.

There's a lot to edit and tweaking with files and Terminal commands, as with everything on the Raspberry Pi. Just be sure to take your time, read through each step and you'll be good to go.

Be aware of this before you start, there are certain things you need to be aware of:

You will need to know your Mojang login details and your Minecraft username.

You'll need an active Minecraft license. Minecraft.net offers a way to purchase one.

This guide is only applicable to Minecraft 1.8.9. However, with a small tweak you can run the latest version, currently 1.9.4 (more on this below).

Running Minecraft on a computer that costs $35 isn't going to be the most smooth experience, but it's certainly playable.

Spend an hour setting up everything.

I suggest opening the guide on your Raspberry Pi's browser and then putting a Terminal window alongside it. You'll have to download modified log files from Dropbox. I don't want to share the commands here only to have them changed in the future.

The process is simple it requires you to copy and paste Terminal commands from the browser and paste them into the command line. After pasting each command in you press enter on the keyboard and your Pi does the rest.

Tips to make the process smoother

Step 1 is not applicable to Raspberry Pi 3 users. Currently you cannot overclock the Pi 3. In addition it, the Pi 3 is actually faster out of the box than the suggested overclock speed of the Pi 2.

After you have entered Step 4, press the Arrow keys to highlight Advanced options. Next, highlight GL Options, select Enable.

Step 7 of the guide was confusing to me. minecraft servers says click "edit profile" however, you actually need to click Profile Editor and then double-click the first list. minecraft servers on Version Selection next to Use version to select a number of the build. The default guide is 1.8.9. For now, use this version, and we can alter it once everything is working.

Step 10 instructs you to modify "run.sh" without any further instructions. To edit it, open the Minecraft folder in your Pi directory and right-click the run.sh file, and then select Text Editor.

There are two ways to launch Minecraft. To start Minecraft it is recommended to follow the instructions. advise you to use "./run.sh". Although this works, you must type "cd Minecraft", before entering the command. Another alternative is to open the Minecraft folder, double-click on the run.sh file and then select "Execute."

Start with the latest version. Then you are able to play with the installation. To get to the latest version of Minecraft you'll have to restart the Minecraft.jar file.

Enter 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 recent version.

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

Next, then, open the Minecraft folder.

To avoid any problems should you make a mistake, make a backup of the run.sh file. Rename it to something alone the lines of "runcopy.sh".

With a copy safely tucked away open the run.sh file by right-clicking it and choosing Text Editor.

Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard and type 1.8.9 in the text field. There should be two -- and only two -- instances found. Each one of them should be replaced with the latest Minecraft version (this should match the version number that you selected in step 3.

Save the file, then restart your Raspberry Pi.

Start Minecraft like you normally and enjoy.