--- title: Minecraft --- # Minecraft [Minecraft](https://minecraft.net) is a sandbox independent video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson and later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang. {{< altimg "minecraft.jpg" "help-center/gaming/minecraft/" >}} ## Installation Install Java and Minecraft: ``` bash sudo eopkg it openjdk-8 sudo mkdir -p /opt/minecraft sudo wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.jar -O /opt/minecraft/Minecraft.jar ``` Now we can create a desktop icon for it: `sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/minecraft.desktop` Paste in the following and save it: ``` [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=Minecraft Comment=Minecraft Launcher Icon=minecraft Exec=java -jar Minecraft.jar Path=/opt/minecraft/ NoDisplay=false Categories=Game; StartupNotify=false Terminal=false ``` Now run the following command to regenerate the Budgie menu. `sudo update-desktop-database` You know have a Minecraft entry in Budgie's menu.