im trying to setup my workspace for modding on 1.16 but when i try to setup forge i get this error,

 

> Configure project :
Java: 1.8.0_211 JVM: 25.211-b12(Oracle Corporation) Arch: amd64
New Dep: net.minecraftforge:forge:1.16.1-32.0.108_mapped_snapshot_20200514-1.16
[Fatal Error] jline-parent-3.12.1.pom:2:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.
[Fatal Error] jline-parent-3.12.1.pom:2:1: Content is not allowed in prolog.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'forge-1.16.1-32.0.108-mdk'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':_compileJava_1'.
   > Could not resolve org.jline:jline-reader:3.12.1.
     Required by:
         project : > net.minecrell:terminalconsoleappender:1.2.0
      > Could not resolve org.jline:jline-reader:3.12.1.
         > Could not parse POM https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/jline/jline-reader/3.12.1/jline-reader-3.12.1.pom
            > Could not resolve org.jline:jline-parent:3.12.1.
               > Could not resolve org.jline:jline-parent:3.12.1.
                  > Could not parse POM https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/jline/jline-parent/3.12.1/jline-parent-3.12.1.pom
                     > Content is not allowed in prolog.

* Try:
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* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 5.0.
Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
See https://docs.gradle.org/4.10.3/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

 

any help would be appreciated, thank you

I think I ran into this before. Try just rebooting your computer. It worked for me last time.

Edited August 17, 20205 yr by Arnox