This checksum error seems to confirm other reports of similar issues.
blahblah@blahblah-laptop:~/Downloads$ java -jar minecraftforge-installer-1.6.4-9.11.0.897.jar
Checking "/home/blahblah/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar" internal checksums
checksums.sha1 failed validation
Checking "/home/blahblah/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar" internal checksums
checksums.sha1 failed validation
Checking "/home/blahblah/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar" internal checksums
checksums.sha1 failed validation
Checking "/home/blahblah/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar" internal checksums
checksums.sha1 failed validation
And FWIW, the .883 version ran fine on my other laptop user account upgrade as well