Minecraft Bedrock Client on Raspberry Pi

How to play Minecraft Bedrock edition on Raspberry Pi Raspbian (tested on Pi 4 and 400 but should work on other versions too)*

*You need to already have purchased Bedrock Edition from Google Play Store for this to work – see FAQ.

Installation

  • add the software repository and enable it: 
curl -sS https://minecraft-linux.github.io/pkg/deb/pubkey.gpg | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/minecraft-linux-pkg.asc
echo "deb [arch=arm64] https://minecraft-linux.github.io/pkg/deb bookworm main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/minecraft-linux-pkg.list

Note: arch=arm64 means you need to have 64bit version of raspbian.
Note: bookworm stands for raspbian version, the list at site https://github.com/minecraft-linux/pkg has other options, maybe yours is older? Install won’t work if you add the wrong one!

  • Update to include the new packages and install:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mcpelauncher-manifest mcpelauncher-ui-manifest msa-manifest

That’s it, check in menu -> games for the launcher

Setup (first run):

Sign in with Google (where you purchased bedrock) to verify your ownership of the paid product.
Create a new password (in the app – to secure MineCraft on your Pi.) Don’t forget it, you need to input this password whenever you play
Download MineCraft Bedrock Client program (inside of the mcpelauncher app) – this takes a long time.
Sign in with Microsoft (for networking permission, if you want to do LAN games or online play) – this is optional.
See your server and connect -> PLAY!

More information:

Check out the docs for more info: https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/index.html

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