I am trying to install minecraft on to my computer and i was able to do everything except change the .jar to "Open with" JRE. JRE does not appear in the list of programs
-Running ubuntu 13.04
-Have JRE 6/7
asked Jul 21, 2013 at 20:10
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Which JRE do you have installed? OpenJDK or Sun/Oracle Java?– Thomas Ward ♦Jul 21, 2013 at 20:13
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OpenJDK is what i am running– Julien MackenzieJul 21, 2013 at 21:22
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3 Answers
Open /usr/share/applications and look for a file named "OpenJDK Java 6 Runtime". If it doesn't exists create a file named /usr/share/applications/openjdk-6-java.desktop with the following contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=OpenJDK Java 6 Runtime
Comment=OpenJDK Java 6 Runtime
Exec=cautious-launcher %f /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/bin/java -jar
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=openjdk-6
MimeType=application/x-java-archive;application/java-archive;application/x-jar;
NoDisplay=true
You should change the "/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/bin/java" part of Exec to the location of java on your system. Then reboot and the option should be there.
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1Same for me, but I'm running Debian. The file is there, but it doesn't appear as an option when I right-click nor does it appear on the menu. The links are pointing to the right places, I'm not sure why this is happening. Nov 5, 2013 at 21:45
It should give you the option to do "Open with another application" if you right click the thing. You can then hit "Other applications" and look for OpenJDK 6/7 or similar runtime environment and that should work and allow you to select to run the minecraft.jar with the OpenJDK runtime.
answered Jul 21, 2013 at 21:25
I had the same problem with OpenJDK 7 and solved it by doing the following. By the way, I'm running Debian SID, so the same solution probably applies.
See if you have ./openjdk-7-java.desktop in one of the the following locations: /home/YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE/.local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications. You may need to enable show hidden files option.
If you do have it:
- open the file
- locate the line that says:
Exec= - go to the end of the line
- add a whitespace and the following:
%f - save the file
E.G.
You find the following file:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime
Comment=OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime
Exec=/usr/bin/java -jar
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=openjdk-7
MimeType=application/x-java-archive;application/java-archive;application/x-jar;
NoDisplay=false
Just change the line that starts with Exec= to the following:
Exec=/usr/bin/java -jar %f
Now it should work fine.
If you don't find the file in any of those locations:
- Try reinstalling OpenJDK and check again
- Try creating a file as Joren suggested
