Eclipse doesn't know where forge is and neither do i

[novameow]

Project 'fake mod' is missing required library: 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\fake mod\unresolved dependency - net.minecraftforge forge 1.12.2-14.23.5.2860_mapped_snapshot_20171003-1.12'

I've been trying to start up the workspace for a minecraft mod, and eclipse seems to think that minecraft forge should be somewhere that it isn't. I can't figure out what it's even asking, or where it wants me to put it, and nobody else on the entire internet seems to have had this issue, as far as i can tell. Additionally, gradle also thinks that forge isn't where it needs to be. Am I being dumb here?

Edited October 20, 2024 by novameow
clarification, correction

[Tiny Desk Engineer]

I would honestly suggest switching IDEs from Eclipse, if you can. I spent a year or two trying to get Eclipse to work for Forge mod development without much progress at all, but then I very recently switched to IntelliJ IDEA and all of the problems went away without me needing to do anything, and I made more progress with modding than I ever have.

Edited October 24, 2024 by Tiny Desk Engineer