I used the forge installer jar to install client locally to my machine and am able to play a single player server without issue.
I copied the libraries folder per the instructions here and attempt to start the minecraftforge_universal jar and it throws an error message NoClassDefFoundError -
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader version 6.1.34.774 for Minecraft 1.6.1 loading
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Java is Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM, version 1.7.0_21, running on Linux:i386:2.6.32-042stab078.26, installed at /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Java classpath at launch is minecraftforge-universal-1.6.1-8.9.0.774.jar
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Java library path at launch is /usr/java/packages/lib/i386:/lib:/usr/lib
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Enabling runtime deobfuscation
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Adding coremod for loading cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLCorePlugin
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Adding coremod for loading net.minecraftforge.classloading.FMLForgePlugin
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] All core mods are successfully located
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Discovering coremods
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Registering transformer cpw.mods.fml.common.asm.transformers.PatchingTransformer
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Registering transformer cpw.mods.fml.common.asm.transformers.AccessTransformer
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/common/io/LineProcessor
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2413)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2723)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:345)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:327)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.registerTransformer(LaunchClassLoader.java:81)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.CoreModManager.handleLaunch(CoreModManager.java:137)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.setupHome(FMLLaunchHandler.java:90)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.setupServer(FMLLaunchHandler.java:74)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.configureForServerLaunch(FMLLaunchHandler.java:39)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.common.launcher.FMLServerTweaker.injectIntoClassLoader(FMLServerTweaker.java:20)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:51)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:18)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.run(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:48)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.main(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:17)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.common.io.LineProcessor
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.findClass(LaunchClassLoader.java:110)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] ... 19 more
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] An error occurred trying to configure the minecraft home at /etc/minecraft/1.6.1/. for Forge Mod Loader
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/common/io/LineProcessor
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2413)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2723)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:345)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:327)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.registerTransformer(LaunchClassLoader.java:81)
at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.CoreModManager.handleLaunch(CoreModManager.java:137)
at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.setupHome(FMLLaunchHandler.java:90)
at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.setupServer(FMLLaunchHandler.java:74)
at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.configureForServerLaunch(FMLLaunchHandler.java:39)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.launcher.FMLServerTweaker.injectIntoClassLoader(FMLServerTweaker.java:20)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:51)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:18)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.run(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:48)
at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.main(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:17)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.common.io.LineProcessor
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.findClass(LaunchClassLoader.java:110)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
... 19 more
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] A problem occurred running the Server launcher.java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.run(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:48)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.main(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:17)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/common/base/Throwables
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.setupHome(FMLLaunchHandler.java:96)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.setupServer(FMLLaunchHandler.java:74)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.FMLLaunchHandler.configureForServerLaunch(FMLLaunchHandler.java:39)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at cpw.mods.fml.common.launcher.FMLServerTweaker.injectIntoClassLoader(FMLServerTweaker.java:20)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:51)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:18)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] ... 6 more
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.common.base.Throwables
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
2013-07-06 22:20:10 [iNFO] [sTDERR] ... 12 more
Did I do something wrong with copying the libraries folder?
bryan@murphy:/etc/minecraft/1.6.1$ ls -l
total 1856
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8914 Jul 6 22:20 ForgeModLoader-server-0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 6 22:20 ForgeModLoader-server-0.log.lck
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8914 Jul 6 22:14 ForgeModLoader-server-1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8914 Jul 6 22:09 ForgeModLoader-server-2.log
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 4096 Jul 6 21:57 libraries
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1851311 Jul 6 21:58 minecraftforge-universal-1.6.1-8.9.0.774.jar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 6 22:09 mods
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 82 Jul 6 22:09 startmc.sh
bryan@murphy:/etc/minecraft/1.6.1$ ls libraries
argo com commons-io lzma net org
Thanks in advance!
java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraftforge-universal-1.6.1-8.9.0.774.jar nogui
(the above is the command in my startmc.sh script in case something's wrong with that)