How can I run the minecraft client on CentOS 7?

Here is a link to the old launcher: http://www.filedropper.com/minecraft_1

This will allow you to play certain versions like everything before 1.14.2 and 19w35a snapshot (confirmed by me). Download it and place in your desktop.

Run using the following commands in terminal:

cd Desktop

then

java -jar Minecraft.jar

Enjoy (:

First download Minecraft.tar.gz from the official download site.

Also install anaconda python (or miniconda I suppose) from https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual

This gets you the libraries you need.

Then run:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/anaconda/anaconda3/lib ./minecraft-launcher

(Adjust these paths to match wherever you installed anaconda and the launcher)