1.7.10 couldn't verify a checksum, so I checked 1.12.2, which crashed on launch, so I checked 1.14.4, which now I have a launcher file, which requires an installation file, but both the recommended and the latest couldn't be downloaded until suddenly the links stopped automatically closing themselves so now I have the forge 1.14.4-28.1.0 installer and launcher duo, but when I launch the launcher in terminal (Linux Mint 19.2...)
"FATAL ERROR, You need to run the installer. The libraries required to launch a server are missing."
This is despite "Successfully installed client profile forge for version 1.14.4-28.1.0 into launcher"
"Maybe it's in the Minecraft launcher, not in the Forge Launcher" lo and behold, I found my install. I click it. It launches. "ERROR: Game Crashed."
Attached is the successful installation, https://gist.github.com/Ebot75/9a2bbbb0bea198daf82eeeb410af001f
And the unsuccessful launch, https://gist.github.com/Ebot75/b2770da4c52ea78d4167324be32c61db
I have no mods installed- this is only the baseline installation of Forge that I'm trying to do a dry launch with before installing mods.