Minecraft is undoubtedly one of the most popular games in the world. After its release, Minecraft birthed a new kind of gaming genre called sandbox games, where players could create, modify, or destroy their environment. After years of anticipation, Minecraft developer Mojang has finally extended support for ChromeOS. This means you can install and play Minecraft on your Chromebook officially without much friction. So, let’s check out the steps for Minecraft installation on Chromebook.
Play Minecraft Bedrock Edition on Your Chromebook Officially
1. To start, click here to access the Minecraft app listing in Google Play Store and install it. If your Chromebook meets the requirement, it will show one of these prices: $19.99, $6.99, or $13.
2. Once installed, you can power up the game and officially play Minecraft Bedrock Edition on your Chromebook.
Install Minecraft Education Edition on Your Chromebook
1. Open the Play Store, search for Minecraft: Education Edition (Free) and install the game. That’s it.
2. Keep in mind that students have 10 free logins. Post that, you will have to buy a subscription using the link here. Moreover, you will have to use your school account to log in to Minecraft.
Install Minecraft: Java Edition on Your Chromebook
1. First of all, make sure you have set up Linux on your Chromebook.
2. Once Linux is installed, open the Linux Terminal.
3. Now, run the below command. This will update your Linux to the latest build.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
4. After updating the Linux build, download the Minecraft.deb file (Debian/Ubuntu) from the official website. After that, move the file to the “Linux files” section inside the Files app.
5. Now, double-click on the downloaded file and click on the “Install” button.
6. Now, to play Minecraft, press the Search key, type “Minecraft”, and open “Minecraft Launcher”.
7. Next, log in with your Mojang or Microsoft account.
8. After that, click on “Play Demo” at the bottom, and it will start downloading the latest release. The app will close after the installation and will reopen automatically. If that does not happen, open “Minecraft Launcher” from the App Drawer manually.
9. Finally, Minecraft will open up on your Chromebook and will be ready to play. Simply click on “Play Demo World” and off you go to the gameplay.
10. If you want to adjust mouse sensitivity, navigate to “Options -> Mouse Settings” and change the sensitivity to “Hyperspeed”. Now, you can play Minecraft on Chromebook without any jitter.
11. In case you face any installation errors, open the Terminal app from the App Drawer. After that, run the below Linux command to install the Java Development Kit. Finally, install the Minecraft.deb file normally from the Files app.
sudo apt-get install default-jdk -y
Play Classic Minecraft on School-issued Chromebooks
Mojang Studios has released the Classic version of Minecraft on the web, which can be played using any browser. That means you can play Minecraft even on school-issued Chromebooks. However, you will just have 32 blocks to build with, and that too in a very old-school interface.
It will surely make you remember the 2009 Minecraft interface. But the best part is that WASD controls work in the browser and the game is playable without major lag. There is also a multiplayer option where you can invite up to 9 players. With all that said, here is how you can play Minecraft Classic on your Chromebook.
1. Open classic.minecraft.net in the Chrome browser and hit Enter. As you can see, you can share the link with your friends to start the multiplayer mode, or you can start the game on your own.
2. Here is a little snippet of the Minecraft Classic gameplay on Chrome OS.
Comments
343
Also Read
doing my best but is super slow sheeeeeeesh and then sometimes its sooooo slow downloading that it goes from 1 houre to abought 10000000000000 houres
why my chromebook not show developer option,I have turn on it
not developer mode, you need linux mode in settings>developer>Linux>Turn On
do you have “Family Link” ?
if you do that’s why it doesn’t show
i do all the steps right but then i open the app and it shows a loading window, then it closes, but then it doesn’t launch minecraft. any fixes?
Same issue happening for me.
Please let us know if you get around this issue. Iḿ facing the same issue.
Same ! I’ve tried other ways but none of them worked
I have 4GB RAM but the game keeps crashing after 15 minutes whether I run it using optifine, the 1.0 1.16, or 1.17
Thank you so much! this worked perfectly. My son has never been happier than he is when he gets to play minecraft with me, you have no idea how much that means to us! thank you thank you thank you!! <3
can you share what you did to get this to work? The above instructions create error codes as of 12/27.21 noting the Deb file will not install after setting up Linux terminal and Chrome OS Flags for the pointer setting and Graphics Interface. I’ve read Gnome needs to be updated via Linus and some other things, but none of this works. THanks
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
minecraft-launcher: Depends: default-jre but it is not installable
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.23) but it is not installable
Depends: libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.5.3) but it is not installable
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 2.2.0) but it is not installable
i dont have linx ither. i got lenovo. 🙁 as of now i only have mc bedrock on a old samsung tablet and its waaaaayyyy over-modded. that verison is 1.11.3
in the setting there is no ¨linux (beta)¨
yeah the same thing happen!!!!!!!????????
When I ran the program, I then played the demo world, and It was SUPER LAGGY. Not sure if it`s my computer or the program.
its your computer
Just run a earlier version like 1.14 then press escape and let it run for 10-15 mins.
Just turn basically everything to a really low setting
I did everything correctly (presumably) but when I enter the game where it starts loading the world it crashes and tells me “Exit code: 0” what gives?
yeah i have the same problem
That’s illegal, better to just download MineTest instead. If caught, you could face piracy charges.
its not illegal
if u own the game or are just using the demo then it is not piracy.
I was hoping for windows edition
You mean Bedrock edition?
WINDOWS EDITION ?
I RELLY WANNA PLAY cool i only play ON IPAD
yea mee too
put &^6*)(9″ into the last line of code to get full game 😉
did it work?
Where exactly?
where?
where
It works for me But it says i have Not enough storage can you please explain how to get enough?
you have to delete some files
uh hi so when i hit install there’s an error can anyone quickly explain how to fix that?
I did it and get it where it says “Microsoft login” and “Mojang login” so I did Microsoft and could not verify my Microsoft email. I am not sure if this is useful but I have a school-managed Chromebook. Help me I do not know what to do.
A school managed chromebook cant download i think, bc school can block itt
yeah true
minecraft gjør alt den skall men når den skal laste inn verden så krasjer spillet så jeg får ikke spilt
Hi guys I’m back again did you have a great day??
Hi guys I’m new here how do you download this thing really hard???
How do you uninstall the Launcher?
you only get to play 1hour and forty mintunes for free
do you know if the payed version is any less laggy? it’s completely frozen on here
reopen the game
Go to easymc and get a free mincraft account
when i try to join any servers on 1.8.9, it gives me an error:
Internal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to access address of buffer
You have to play 1.8 to do servers (or 1.16) But use 1.8
Please help me.I need to get back on. TODAY
Hi,uh,I accidentlly deleted my account on my chromebook.Can you help me get back on?