Steps to install:
- First, have the legacy minecraft launcher for linux installed.
- Put your
launcher.jar
file under~/.minecraft/launcher.jar
. - Put
Minecraft.desktop
(see attached file below) under~/.local/share/applications/Minecraft.desktop
. - Mark said
Minecraft.desktop
as executable either usingchmod +x
or under its file properties. - Go to
minecraft.png
(download link). - Right-click on the image and click "Save page as" or whatever the button is to download the image.
- Rename the newly downloaded
mcinstaller.png
tominecraft.png
. - Put
minecraft.png
under~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/minecraft.png
. - Now you should see Minecraft under applications (if you click on the nine squares in the bottom-left corner of your screen).
- If this is not the case, restart your computer and you should then see it.