Donât click on anything and just wait for the red âskip❠button to become available in the top corner. As a self-hosted server admin, you donât have the option of just picking a modpack from a menu and letting a server host install it for you. Installing mods on a self-hosted server requires a bit more work. You will need a mod loader API like Forge to be able to run the mods you are wanting, and you will need to let your players know which mods they will need to download and install. The machines are doing good works and are faster than the human beings. Everything should go fine unless you havenât played the version of Minecraft you are trying to install Forge for. If that is the case, just open the MC launcher, create an installation for the version you want, start the game using it, and then quit. minecraft servers