when i went to play minecraft i was stuck in 1.18 when i tryed to update the game there was no option to do so then when i tryed uninstalling and reinstalling the game the play button would be greyed out after i select install

Put the summary of the bug you're having here

What I expected to happen was...:
being able to install and play the game 

What actually happened was...:
game would not install play button is greyed out

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open the Minecraft launcher with Minecraft uninstalled 
2. ...try to install the game 
3. ...try to open the game