Introduction
I have been reworking one of the more popular articles on the site which shows how to install Ubuntu and Minecraft on the HP Chromebook.
The aim was to streamline the guide to make the steps easier to follow, cutting out the details of the command line switches and to just provide the necessary commands to get Ubuntu and Minecraft up and running.
The new guide is in three parts:
- How to create a recovery drive for the HP Chromebook
- How to install Ubuntu on the HP Chromebook
- How to install Minecraft on the HP Chromebook (This guide)
Installing Minecraft
The steps required to run Minecraft in Ubuntu are much easier than before and there is not much that is special about installing Minecraft within Ubuntu on the Chromebook.
Make sure you are running Ubuntu and open a terminal by pressing the following key combination:
CTRL + ALT + T
In the command window enter the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minecraft-installer-peeps/minecraft-installer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install minecraft-installerThe process is fairly quick and takes about a minute at the most.
You should at this point be able to run Minecraft from the Dash within Ubuntu but I noticed that Minecraft didn't appear as an option straight away. I had to restart Ubuntu to get Minecraft to appear.
(Click here for a guide to the Unity Dash)
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| Unity Dash |
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| Minecraft On HP Chromebook |
Summary
As you can see installing Minecraft is much easier than it used to be.If you have any questions feel free to use the comments section below.
Issues
Some people are reporting issues with the line:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minecraft-installer-peeps/minecraft-installer
If you are receiving an error with add-apt-repository run the following command first
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
The solution to this issue was taken from http://lifeonubuntu.com/ubuntu-missing-add-apt-repository-command/
