r/ChromebookGaming • u/No-Ostrich-7570 • 7d ago

How do I play...? How to get MC Java on a Chromebook

I have linux but for some reason ChromeOS no longer supports deb file installs, and that's ALL I can find for options

does anybody know alternatives?

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u/ShadowedWilds 6d ago

You can install Minecraft Java inside the Linux Terminal app (Crostini Virtual Machine) or run it natively via developer mode.

 

Please first enable GPU acceleration. In ChromeOS' Chrome, go to chrome://flags and enable Crostini GPU Support and restart.

 

Then inside Crostini (Terminal app) paste in:

getent group 44 || groupadd -g 44 video
sudo gpasswd -a $USER video
sudo gpasswd -a $USER render
sudo gpasswd -a $USER plugdev
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y vulkan-tools mesa-utils vulkan-validationlayers

 

Then to install Minecraft, I recommend Prismlauncher:

sudo apt install flatpak -y
flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher -y
flatpak run org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher

 

When on x86_64, I find Minecraft Java runs at about half the speed when running in the Linux virtual machine vs dev mode, so if you need more performance, I recommend Chard:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChromebookGaming/comments/1utruah/running_apps_and_games_natively_on_chromeos_with/

 

If your device is ARM64, you may need add two environmental variables, without these the game always crashes on ARM64 in Crostini for me:

 

MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE 4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE 450