Fatal Error when launching Minecraft

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#1

Hey guys,

I’ve just tried running Minecraft, but I’m getting a fatal error when I attempt to do so. I installed the application from the Software Boutique, but I also tried downloading the JAR from the Minecraft site - both have the same issue.

I’m running Mate 18.04 x64 on a Thinkpad X1 Carbon.

I did some Googling around before coming here, and numerous solutions said to try renewing my ca certs, but this didn’t work. Here is the recommended command:

 sudo update-ca-certificates -f

Has anyone else had this issue that can help me get Minecraft working on my machine please? TIA!

Below is the terminal output from when I start Minecraft:

Bootstrap (v5)
Current time is May 1, 2018, 7:37:08 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Linux'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '4.15.0-20-generic'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '10.0.1'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'

Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
Unable to download remote file. Check your internet connection/proxy settings.
FATAL ERROR: net.minecraft.bootstrap.FatalBootstrapError: Unable to download while being forced
	at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.execute(Bootstrap.java:95)
	at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:381)


Please fix the error and restart.
#2

I managed to fix the issue by installing Minecraft via snap. FYI for anyone else who comes across this issue.

sudo snap install minecraft
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#3

This worked for me! Thanks!

#4

Thanks Kev, finally I get to play minecraft.

#5

There a problem for me, i tried the command and it said, snap minecraft is already installed and to check snap help refresh please help!

#6

Funny you should post just now Crona. I’ve just had to reinstall by build and it seems that the Snap is no longer available for Minecraft within the snap store.

I simply downloaded the DEB from the Minecraft website and installed it the old fashioned way and it seems to have worked. To save you the hassle, here are the terminal commands:

cd Downloads
wget https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.deb
sudo dpkg -i Minecraft.deb
rm -f Minecraft.deb

Hope this helps.