Minecraft 1.12 released today with parrots, a whole new advancements system and more

"Note: For some reason they still aren't linking the new Linux launcher on their downloads page, the one that doesn't require Java. You can download it here."

.tar.gz

Really? i will have to type configure, make install and find the dependences my self? in 2017?

"Note: For some reason they still aren't linking the new Linux launcher on their downloads page, the one that doesn't require Java. You can download it here."

.tar.gz

Really? i will have to type configure, make install and find the dependences my self? in 2017?

No, it's all built for you. They do also have a .deb file, but I decided to link to the main tar file so everyone can enjoy it, not just debbers.

Added text-to-speech narrator

I can't wait to see this be horribly, horribly, abused… :S:

I'm still playing Minecraft frequently, but only version 1.7 as that's where most of the good modpacks are still. I think I tried 1.8 once, but that's about as far forward as I've gone.

Good launcher but I get "./launcher: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.57: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" error in Ubuntu 16.04. :(

"Note: For some reason they still aren't linking the new Linux launcher on their downloads page, the one that doesn't require Java. You can download it here."

.tar.gz

Really? i will have to type configure, make install and find the dependences my self? in 2017?

No, it's all built for you. They do also have [a .deb file](https://launcher.mojang.com/mc-staging/download/Minecraft_staging.deb), but I decided to link to the main tar file so everyone can enjoy it, not just debbers.

However, they haven't updated the AUR version of minecraft-launcher at all since the day after it was put up there.

the AUR version is maintained by mojang employees, shoghicp uses Arch, that is why this exists at all.
this is the pinned comment from the AUR:

shoghicp commented on 2017-03-08 09:37
This is maintained by employees of Mojang.

We have no "current" release for any Linux distribution, due to some issues that we are working on fixing.

As soon as we have any release, we will update this package. Note that any old versions (like this one, or current "new" one some people are suggesting to use) might stop working in the future, until we fix these issues.

This parrot is once more. It has begun to be. It would voom if you put ten million volts through it!

Well? And what about Minetest? Because that's a native, complete free running game and engine for Linux. Minecraft is therefore just some kind of (over)hyped product from my point of view. Yes I've played it also in the past and settled with it onto Linux years ago. But after Microsoft bought Mojang and after so many other things: It's just overrated now even if it got nice graphics with shaders.

*snip*

MC was first.

Good launcher but I get "./launcher: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.57: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" error in Ubuntu 16.04. :(

On my Debian Stretch system, this is in libicu57.

sudo apt install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
apt-file search libicui18n.so.57

Good launcher but I get "./launcher: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.57: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" error in Ubuntu 16.04. :(

Same on Mint 18.1

Haven't played in over a year now.
May give it a whirl again if I ever stop playing FTL.
Just a pain to install on Steam OS

Well? And what about Minetest? Because that's a native, complete free running game and engine for Linux. Minecraft is therefore just some kind of (over)hyped product from my point of view. Yes I've played it also in the past and settled with it onto Linux years ago. But after Microsoft bought Mojang and after so many other things: It's just overrated now even if it got nice graphics with shaders.

I suppose the issue is that people rarely play "out-of-the-box" Minecraft, which is what Minetest is most like when you fire it up. You have to add a lot of add-ins to get Minetest to even be a game. It's just a creative-mode sandbox at first, no enemies, no end game.

In fact, even the underlying feel of the game is pretty different. But there are full-skin modules/customisations which are attempting to recreate the entire Minecraft 1.7 experience in Minetest.

Full list here: http://wiki.minetest.net/List_of_Subgames


Last edited by scaine on 8 Jun 2017 at 12:05 pm UTC

My youngest Son runs his own private server & plays it for hours & hours with his Fiance. Damn that last word makes me feel so bloody old. :D

I'm having the same issue with missing dependencies as other have reported, my version of the library is 55 not 57.


Last edited by lucifertdark on 8 Jun 2017 at 8:47 am UTC

My youngest Son runs his own private server & plays it for hours & hours with his Fiance. Damn that last word makes me feel so bloody old. :D

I'm having the same issue with missing dependencies as other have reported, my version of the library is 55 not 57.

Same method should work to find which package it is you need. Which Distribution are you running? Should still be libicu55 instead of libicu57.

Ubuntu 16.04 libicu55 is installed but the launcher is demanding libicu57, I found that, installed, then had a long list of extra files that need installing, not all at once though, only one at a time after each one is installed it tells me the next in line, it's a pain & I gave up after the fifth file & reverted all my changes. I can live without Minecraft.

I suppose the issue is that people rarely play "out-of-the-box" Minecraft, which is what Minetest is most like when you fire it up. You have to add a lot of add-ins to get Minetest to even be a game. It's just a creative-mode sandbox at first, no enemies, no end game.

So....because people add lots of mods to Minecraft, then Minetest is inferior because you need to add lots of mods? Sounds legit.

In fact, even the underlying feel of the game is pretty different. But there are full-skin modules/customisations which are attempting to recreate the entire Minecraft 1.7 experience in Minetest.

I'm not sure if you're suggesting this is a good or bad thing for Minetest. I see it as very similar to the people who try to make Gnome3 look & feel like Windows. It's hobbyists doing hobbyist things.

It's also worth noting that Minetest released their new version on Sunday, but there was no news article about it. Changelog for 0.4.16 is [here](http://dev.minetest.net/Changelog#0.4.15_.E2.86.92_0.4.16).

I suppose the issue is that people rarely play "out-of-the-box" Minecraft, which is what Minetest is most like when you fire it up. You have to add a lot of add-ins to get Minetest to even be a game. It's just a creative-mode sandbox at first, no enemies, no end game.

So....because people add lots of mods to Minecraft, then Minetest is inferior because you need to add lots of mods? Sounds legit.

Hmm. You seem intent on making my (poorly worded) observations reflect some kind of hostility towards Minetest. So I'll be clear - Minetest, out of the box, is bloody awful. Not even a game, in fact, as the developers go to lengths to state. You must mod it extensively before it's entertaining as anything more than a voxel tech demo. Once you do so, however, it can be a lot of fun.

Minecraft, by contrast is a complete game in its own right. It's also got an insane number of mods, but how many you use is optional.

I'll be clear again - Minetest can be a lot of fun, but since it doesn't have a core game on which to build, it's unlikely to ever gain the market momentum that Minecraft enjoys. I reckon Terasology has a better stab at that because its vision revolves around building a game, not an engine.

Stopped playing Minecraft a while ago. Don't think I will play the new version for two reasons. First, all the mods are mostly for 1.7 and 2nd I like FortressCraft Evolved even better (443h on steam counter). But maybe thats because I played moded Mincraft for hundreds of hours and after a while its the same all over again.
(Not sure if its fair to compare FortressCraft Evolved with Minecraft.)