Some redditors found a way to get the Minecraft tar to work on Debian 10. https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/cpyvds/to_anyone_struggling_to_install_minecraft_on/ Install gconf2, openjdk 11, and then extract the tarball. Go inside the extracted folder and open the launcher file. It isn't as convenient as the deb file installing itself and creating a menu item, but it provides a workaround until Microsoft/Minecraft decides to fix this issue with the deb installer.
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Some redditors found a way to get the Minecraft tar to work on Debian 10. https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/cpyvds/to_anyone_struggling_to_install_minecraft_on/ Install gconf2, openjdk 11, and then extract the tarball. Go inside the extracted folder and open the launcher file. It isn't as convenient as the deb file installing itself and creating a menu item, but it provides a workaround until Microsoft/Minecraft decides to fix this issue with the deb installer.