I am just trying to compile a mod and I have been having this problem for 2 days, nothing I do seem to work. If anyone can help me it would be infinitely appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help

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C:\Users\payne\Downloads\WonderfulEnchantmentsMod-1.16.4\WonderfulEnchantmentsMod-1.16.4>gradlew build
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Daemon will be stopped at the end of the build

Configure project :
Java: 14.0.1 JVM: 14.0.1+7(Oracle Corporation) Arch: amd64
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java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find tools.jar. Please check that C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_311 contains a valid JDK installation.
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkTools.(JdkTools.java:77)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.createJdkTools(JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.java:48)
at java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.create(JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.java:43)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.create(JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.java:29)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.createCompileTask(JdkJavaCompiler.java:63)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:53)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:39)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.daemon.AbstractDaemonCompiler$CompilerWorkAction.execute(AbstractDaemonCompiler.java:135)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerServer.execute(DefaultWorkerServer.java:63)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractClassLoaderWorker$1.create(AbstractClassLoaderWorker.java:49)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractClassLoaderWorker$1.create(AbstractClassLoaderWorker.java:43)
at org.gradle.internal.classloader.ClassLoaderUtils.executeInClassloader(ClassLoaderUtils.java:97)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractClassLoaderWorker.executeInClassLoader(AbstractClassLoaderWorker.java:43)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.FlatClassLoaderWorker.run(FlatClassLoaderWorker.java:32)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.FlatClassLoaderWorker.run(FlatClassLoaderWorker.java:22)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.WorkerDaemonServer.run(WorkerDaemonServer.java:85)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.WorkerDaemonServer.run(WorkerDaemonServer.java:55)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.request.WorkerAction$1.call(WorkerAction.java:138)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.WorkerLogEventListener.withWorkerLoggingProtocol(WorkerLogEventListener.java:41)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.request.WorkerAction.run(WorkerAction.java:135)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:36)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:24)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHubBackedObjectConnection$DispatchWrapper.dispatch(MessageHubBackedObjectConnection.java:182)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHubBackedObjectConnection$DispatchWrapper.dispatch(MessageHubBackedObjectConnection.java:164)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHub$Handler.run(MessageHub.java:414)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:48)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:56)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find tools.jar. Please check that C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_311 contains a valid JDK installation.
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkTools.(JdkTools.java:77)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.createJdkTools(JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.java:48)
at java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.create(JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.java:43)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.create(JavaHomeBasedJavaCompilerFactory.java:29)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.createCompileTask(JdkJavaCompiler.java:63)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:53)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:39)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.daemon.AbstractDaemonCompiler$CompilerWorkAction.execute(AbstractDaemonCompiler.java:135)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerServer.execute(DefaultWorkerServer.java:63)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractClassLoaderWorker$1.create(AbstractClassLoaderWorker.java:49)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractClassLoaderWorker$1.create(AbstractClassLoaderWorker.java:43)
at org.gradle.internal.classloader.ClassLoaderUtils.executeInClassloader(ClassLoaderUtils.java:97)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractClassLoaderWorker.executeInClassLoader(AbstractClassLoaderWorker.java:43)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.FlatClassLoaderWorker.run(FlatClassLoaderWorker.java:32)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.FlatClassLoaderWorker.run(FlatClassLoaderWorker.java:22)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.WorkerDaemonServer.run(WorkerDaemonServer.java:85)
at org.gradle.workers.internal.WorkerDaemonServer.run(WorkerDaemonServer.java:55)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.request.WorkerAction$1.call(WorkerAction.java:138)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.WorkerLogEventListener.withWorkerLoggingProtocol(WorkerLogEventListener.java:41)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.request.WorkerAction.run(WorkerAction.java:135)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:36)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:24)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHubBackedObjectConnection$DispatchWrapper.dispatch(MessageHubBackedObjectConnection.java:182)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHubBackedObjectConnection$DispatchWrapper.dispatch(MessageHubBackedObjectConnection.java:164)
at org.gradle.internal.remote.internal.hub.MessageHub$Handler.run(MessageHub.java:414)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:48)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:56)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong:
    Could not resolve all files for configuration ‘:runtimeClasspathCopy’.

Could not find net.minecraftforge:forge:1.16.5-36.2.20_mapped_official_1.16.5.
Searched in the following locations:
- file:/C:/Users/payne/.gradle/caches/forge_gradle/bundeled_repo/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.16.5-36.2.20_mapped_official_1.16.5/forge-1.16.5-36.2.20_mapped_official_1.16.5.pom
- file:/C:/Users/payne/.gradle/caches/forge_gradle/bundeled_repo/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.16.5-36.2.20_mapped_official_1.16.5/forge-1.16.5-36.2.20_mapped_official_1.16.5.jar
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BUILD FAILED in 44s

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I’d say the error message is quite clear:

To me this means you try to build with a JRE and it seems ForgeGradle only works with a JDK.
So make sure you run the Gradle build with a JDK instead and this error most likely will be gone.