Minecraft 1.9 Prerelease 5 Ubuntu Installation

Jeb tweeted the links to the 1.9.5 client and server today. If you missed them, here they are:

• Client
• Server

Note: This is outdated. For the updated client, check this page.

Ubuntu Client Installation:

# Backup your old client, just in case
mv ~/.minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar ~/.minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar.bak
# Download the new one
cd ~/.minecraft/bin; wget http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre5/minecraft.jar
# And play like normal!
minecraft
# If you didn't alias this:
java -Xmx1024M -Xms512M -cp Minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame

And for the Ubuntu-based server installation:

# Stop the server
stopmc
# Or if you haven't followed my tutorials, get to your console (tmux or screen) and type "stop".
# Backups are important!
mv ~/minecraft/minecraft_server.jar ~/minecraft/minecraft_server.jar.bak
# Get the new one
cd ~/minecraft; http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre5/minecraft-server.jar
# Start minecraft again!
startmc