• Minecraft ¹⁾
• Java Edition ²⁾

• openSUSE Tumbleweed (Xfce)

• minecraft-launcher downloads a full launcher in ~/.minecraft

mkdir -p '/tmp/Minecraft' && wget -O '/tmp/Minecraft/Minecraft.tar.gz' 'https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.tar.gz' && tar -xvzf '/tmp/Minecraft/Minecraft.tar.gz' -C '/tmp/Minecraft'

'/tmp/Minecraft/minecraft-launcher/minecraft-launcher'

rm -Rf '/tmp/Minecraft' && sync

• [x] Show historical versions

cd ~/'.minecraft' && vblank_mode='3' ~/'.minecraft/launcher/minecraft-launcher'

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old_beta b1.7.3

mkdir -p ~/'.minecraft/scripts' && nano ~/'.minecraft/scripts/save-backup.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.minecraft/scripts/save-backup.sh'

#!/bin/bash

tar -czf ~/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-Minecraft-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.minecraft' 'saves'

notify-send -t '2000' -i ~/'.minecraft/launcher/icons/minecraft256.png' 'Minecraft Save Data Backed-up Successfully to Downloads'

# End

~/'.minecraft/scripts/save-backup.sh'

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/Minecraft.desktop' && sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/Minecraft.desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Minecraft
Exec='/home/CHANGEME/.minecraft/launcher/minecraft-launcher'
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Path=/home/CHANGEME/.minecraft
Icon=/home/CHANGEME/.minecraft/launcher/icons/minecraft256.png
StartupWMClass=Minecraft Launcher
Actions=Saves;Notes;

[Desktop Action Saves]
StartupNotify=false
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "~/'.minecraft/scripts/save-backup.sh'"
Name=Save Data Back-up

[Desktop Action Notes]
StartupNotify=false
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games:linux:minecraft_java'"
Name=Install Notes

# End

xfce4-panel -r

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cd ~/'.minecraft' && vblank_mode='3' ~/'.minecraft/launcher/minecraft-launcher'

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gio open ~/'.minecraft'

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gio open ~/'.minecraft/saves'

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tar -cvzf ~/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-Minecraft-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.minecraft' 'saves'

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ls ~/'Downloads/'*'-Minecraft-Saves.tar.gz' && rm -Rf ~/'.minecraft/saves' && mkdir -p ~/'.minecraft/saves' && tar -xvzf ~/'Downloads/'*'-Minecraft-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.minecraft' 'saves'