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NOTE: The system I am talking about is Linux which has different file system from Windows, meaning %APPDATA%/.minecraft is non-existent in Linux

So I have installed Pop!_OS to learn linux and I have game save from Windows 10 stored in a external drive following this page. Now that I have installed Minecraft from official site, how do I tell the Minecraft in Linux where to look for the game saves and account information?

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I couldn't really work out what the problem was. Here are some instructions I quickly created and tested:

Download https://launcher.mojang.com/download/Minecraft.tar.gz and extract it.

In the newly created folder create a script named minecraft.sh, or whatever you prefer, with the following contents:

chmod +x minecraft-launcher # Just in case
./minecraft-launcher --workDir=`readlink -f HERE` # Use readlink to resolve absolute path

Replace HERE with where you want the portable installation to be located.

When you execute this script, it should run the launcher and game in the specified directory.

For ease of use, you can add it to your menu using "menulibre".

Install menulibre (sudo apt install menulibre), and open it (search for "Menu Editor" in applications).

Create a new menu entry that executes the script, and if you want a fancy icon, you can add one easily.

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    Thanks for the response. I attempted to do what you said and everything went well until the part when I execute the manually created .sh file. From the console I see multiple lines of WARNING:gpu_process_host.cc(1262)] The GPU process has crashed 9 time(s) and the last line is FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(445)] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.. Then I tried starting Minecraft again normally and it launched successfully, just didn't do what I wanted it to do. so ummmm yes any ideas?
    – Wind_Explorer
    Commented Nov 15, 2021 at 9:38
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    I can't reproduce this on Ubuntu 21.10. It must be something to do launching it from the terminal. Maybe try double clicking the script.
    – TheKodeToad
    Commented Nov 15, 2021 at 9:45
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You can create a symbolic link (symlink) with command ln -s /data/on/windows/drive ~/.minecraft

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