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Running Minecraft on your Raspberry Pi
Running Minecraft on your Raspberry Pi
A version of classic game Minecraft is now available to play on your raspberry Pi! It doesn't have all the features of the full Minecraft game but is still a lot of fun!
Installation is very easy, just follow the steps below:
Step 1 – Download Minecraft software
Open a new terminal session and enter the following command to download the software:
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.minecraft.net/pi/minecraft-pi-0.1.1.tar.gz
Extract the files:
tar -zxvf minecraft-pi-0.1.1.tar.gz
Step - 2 Running Minecraft
You will need to use the terminal to run Minecraft. Enter the follow line to get to the mcpi folder:
cd mcpi
Next enter the following to run Minecraft:
./minecraft-pi
And that's it! Now go play Minecraft!
