I cant get minecraft help!

[AveryFB]

Hello I cant get minecraft to do the right things in command line and when I go to Minecraft .Jar and Properties then Permissions it has no exicute button and I am not sure what to do in command line to get minecraft when I do somthing in Terminal to get minecraft I get the error "Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintSources/mintSources.py", line 1213, in <module>
add_repository_via_cli(ppa_line, codename, options.forceYes)
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintSources/mintSources.py", line 58, in add_repository_via_cli
short_key = ppa_info["signing_key_fingerprint"][-8:]
KeyError: 'signing_key_fingerprint'

but I might need java if so which java and how would I get it thanks.

also I am 13 and my first go at linux thanks for any help

[SteveIDusa]

I came to the Games Forums to look for help with a Multi-Monitor problem I am having and saw your post, did you ever get this resolved?

[MintyDragon]

try
sudo apt-get install openjdk7
java -jar minecraft.jar

[DJNightchild]

No! Don't use openJDK.
The minecraft website tells you to use the oracle version.
You can get it by doing this:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

You may also want to create a startup script

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#!/bin/bash

java -jar /path/to/minecraft.jar

Hope this helps.

[MintyDragon]

wow i did not lnow you could oracles java on a linux ive always used openjdk for minecraft
well i learned somethink today

[enxio27]

Will DJNightchild's instructions resolve the following error:

Blocked /usr/bin/java -jar
The file '/home/trinity/Desktop/Minecraft.jar' is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied from an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run. For more details, read about the executable bit.

I read the linked article on the executable bit, but I'm too new with Linux Mint to make sense of it.

[var]

Will DJNightchild's instructions resolve the following error:

Blocked /usr/bin/java -jar
The file '/home/trinity/Desktop/Minecraft.jar' is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied from an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run. For more details, read about the executable bit.

I read the linked article on the executable bit, but I'm too new with Linux Mint to make sense of it.

Right click the file, then click Properties, then go to Permission and there will be a small box called 'execute as program' or something similar. Tick it and try to run it again.