How to Install Minecraft for Free on PC — Java Edition

If you are a Minecraft lover and still figuring out how to install Minecraft on your PC and play it, below is the process — install it and have fun.

Go to the TLauncher website — TLauncher website

Once you are there, click Download TL, then select your OS type.

After that you need to install Java. Sometimes on macOS Java is built in; on Windows and Linux you need to install it. If Java is not found on macOS you need to download it.

Linux / macOS install commands:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre   # install Java
sudo apt-get install openjfx         # install JavaFX

Windows: download Java from https://www.java.com/en/download/

Note: if you have Java 9 or 10, install Java 8 and run the launcher from it, or remove Java 9/10 completely.

Running with root (recommended on Linux): without root privileges there can be GPU/graphics problems. Run:

cd <client-folder>
sudo java -jar TLauncher-2.72.jar

If the launcher did not start / an error occurred: reinstall Java from the official site https://java.com/ (again — if you have Java 9 or 10, install Java 8 and run from it, or remove 9/10).

Recovered from my old blog (2020–2021) via the Wayback Machine.