The PrismLauncher package provides a Minecraft Launcher.
libxkbcommon, OpenGL (libglvnd or Mesa), OpenJDK-17.0.16+7 (and/or OpenJDK-20+), and Qt-6
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While you can install the most recent version of OpenJDK (version 20 and above), you'll need to edit the build system of this package, tick an option in the launcher menu, and will lose support in older Minecraft versions, including mods and other things IF you did not make OpenJDK-17.0.16+7 the default JDK. This is because version 20 and above does not support Java 7. Version 19 and below supports Java 7. OpenJDK-17.0.16+7 is used as it's an LTS release that gets security updates.
commonmark, ghc_filesystem, Git, QuaZip, scdoc-1.11.3, and tomlplusplus-3.4.0
If you installed OpenJDK-17.0.16+7 and it is currently
not the default JDK, but wish to make it the default, then run the
following command as the root user:
ln -v -nsf jdk-17.0.16+7 /opt/jdk
If you have installed OpenJDK version 20 or above and have made it the default JDK, edit the build system to allow building with Java 8 instead of 7:
sed -e 's/Java 1.7/Java 1.8/g' \
-e 's/-target 7/-target 8/g' \
-e 's/-source 7/-source 8/g' \
-i libraries/{javacheck,launcher}/CMakeLists.txt
Install PrismLauncher by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-W no-dev -G Ninja .. &&
ninja
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
This launcher should walk you through how to set it up. However, one major thing needs to be done if you installed OpenJDK version 20 or above and made it the default. After you create an instance, you will need to edit that instance, go to the “Settings” section, then tick “Skip Java Compatibility Checks” to avoid Minecraft from refusing to launch. This has to be done for every instance. If you installed OpenJDK-17.0.16+7 and made it the default JDK, this doesn't need to be done at all.
In the case that you are using a newer Minecraft instance and/or
have installed mods that require newer versions of a given JDK, you
will need to have a multi-JDK setup. This generally entails having
multiple JDK builds in /opt and
having a default JDK that gets used in all cases unless specified
otherwise. An ideal setup is to make OpenJDK-17.0.16+7 the default JDK, but also
install OpenJDK-20+
so that the JDK version can be overridden per MC instance. Newer
JDK also requires a newer JDK to bootstrap from, so the one
provided in this book will not work for newer JDKs. In any case,
you will need to copy the same steps in the above paragraph, as
well as changing the “Java
Installation” to point to the desired JDK. When
installing the newer JDK, it is recommended to skip making the
symlink on that page so that it doesn't become the default. If you
made it the default beforehand but wish to change it, run the
following command as the root user:
ln -v -nsf jdk-17.0.16+7 /opt/jdk
A multi-JDK setup may look like this:
$ls /opt | grep jdkjdkjdk-17.0.16+7jdk-24.0.1+9...
jdk can be a
symlink to either jdk-24.0.1+9jdk-17.0.16+7