Gradle Build Error -- Unsupported class file major version 60

[CobblestoneTree]

Hi There,

 

Forge is giving me an error when I run the gradlew genEclipseRuns command in the mod project root folder. 

My current specs are:

• JDK 16.0.1 (64-bit version)
• Forge MDK 1.16.5
• Eclipse
• I do not have the JRE installed as my Eclipse didn't like the version of the JVM associated with it.

When I installed the JRE, Eclipse gave me an error upon startup saying "Incompatible JVM. Version 1.8.0_261 of the JVM is not suitable for this product. Version: 11 or greater is required" or something almost exactly along those lines.

I realize that not having the JRE installed might cause a bit of a facepalm among the seasoned Java developers here (in case it wasn't already readily apparent, I'm not a seasoned Java developer). I wasn't sure how essential it was to have the JRE if I already have the JDK installed.

 

Any ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

[CobblestoneTree]

That was very helpful. I went and got myself JDK 8u291. Thanks!