Hello
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Vanilla minecraft server (1.16.5) works fine.
I try to install forge (https://files.minecraftforge.net/net/minecraftforge/forge/index_1.16.5.html)
I run
mget https://maven.minecraftforge.net/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.16.5-36.2.19/forge-1.16.5-36.2.19-installer.jar
It finishes correctly
2021/12/04 20:53:56 start download forge-1.16.5-36.2.0-installer.jar
2021/12/04 20:53:56 total size: 6.988 MB
7327418/7327418 [==================================================] 2364 kB/s [ FINISHED! ]
2021/12/04 20:53:58 https://maven.minecraftforge.net/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.16.5-36.2.0/forge-1.16.5-36.2.0-installer.jar => forge-1.16.5-36.2.0-installer.jar
2021/12/04 20:53:58 Time took 2.533958402s
then I run
sudo java -jar forge-1.16.5-36.2.0-installer.jar
It says
Error: Invalid or corrupt jarfile forge-1.16.5-36.2.0-installer.jar
I've tried jre version 8 and 16, it works the same.
I've tried to download the installer in win machine it downloads the same size file, 7327418 bytes.
Pls tell me what to read to understand what am I doing wrong.
Thanks