Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
To start Minecraft, follow these steps:
1.
Double-click the LXTerminal icon on the desktop. The LXTerminal window will
open so you can type into it.
2.
To run Minecraft, type the following (as shown in Figure 1-3):
cd ~
cd mcpi
./minecraft-pi
FIGURE.1-3
To run Minecraft, enter some simple statements.
3.
That's it! Now you can start playing Minecraft. Click Start Game
➪
Create New to
start a new Minecraft world.
The main menu has two options: Start Game to build a new or enter an existing
Minecraft world and Join Game to join another player's Minecraft: Pi Edition world.
Once your Raspberry Pi is set up and you've got Minecraft running, you can skip the
next section (unless you want to set up Minecraft on a PC or Mac as well as on your
Raspberry Pi) and go straight to the section headed “Creating a Program” later in this
chapter.
