minecraft-launcher on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "minecraft-launcher" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install minecraft-launcher on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                minecraft-launcher
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall minecraft-launcher on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                minecraft-launcher
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "minecraft-launcher" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone minecraft-launcher's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/minecraft-launcher.git 
            
                        
                ~/minecraft-launcher
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/minecraft-launcher folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/minecraft-launcher
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the minecraft-launcher package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1095091
Name: minecraft-launcher
PackageBaseID: 118887
PackageBase: minecraft-launcher
Version: 1:1.0.1221-1
Description: Official Minecraft Launcher
URL: https://mojang.com/
NumVotes: 1087
Popularity: 4.148781
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MrAnno
Submitter: shoghicp
FirstSubmitted: 1484749072
LastModified: 1654626447
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/minecraft-launcher.tar.gz