Recently Linux has started to phase out 32-bit applications most notably newer Linux distros don't have a 32-bit download and as a result, popular apps are not supported on 32 bit CPUs. Today I'm going to show you how to download Minecraft on 32-bit Linux

Note: This tutorial is made with Debian based distros in mind.

Note 2: Any Minecraft version after 1.12.2 wont run as a certain piece of software it uses is only being updated with 64-Bit code on Linux.

Minecraft on 32-bit Linux install tutorial

I know I have already said this but this tutorial was made for Debian based distros E.G. Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS ETC.

Note: This tutorial has a script to download Minecraft for you if you don't like to use scripts then this tutorial is not for you.

Note 2: This isn't a free/cracked version of Minecraft.

Information

Minecraft on 32-bit Linux install tutorial

Installation

To get the show on the road you will need to download the automatic Minecraft install script. The paragraph below the script download button will explain what each command does so you can be assured that nothing malicious is happening. If you are still sceptical you can always open the downloaded file in a text editor to make sure there are no malicious lines of code.

Note: If any contents of the script are changed in any way from what the paragraph below the button says don't continue as someone has somehow managed to change the code to be potentially malicious.

This paragraph states what each of the commands do in the script.

• cd ~/Downloads: Changes the working directory of the script
• sudo apt-get update: Updates the list of downloadable software to get the latest versions
• sudo apt-get -y install gt5-default gdebi: Installs gt5-default gdebi. gdebi installs .deb packages and gt5-default is a requirement for multimc to work.
• wget https://files.multimc.org/downloads/multimc_1.4-1.deb: downloads the multimc .deb file
• sudo gdebi -n multimc_1.4-1.deb: Installs multimc
• sudo cp /opt/multimc/run.sh: copies the file that opens multimc
• clear: clears the spam of text in console
• echo: This behemoth of a command displays how to actually get Minecraft to work with the current tools we just installed
• bash;: stops terminal from closing after execution

Multimc can also be launched by using the start menu if you don't want to use the script created by the installer.

Note: Make sure not to close terminal as it displays some instructions at the end of the script.

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Thanks for reading.