Im using the java installer.:
Linux aditya-desktop 3.12-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.9-1 (2014-02-01) i686 GNU/Linux
Forge installes fine
aditya@aditya-desktop ~/Desktop java -jar forge-1.7.2-10.12.0.1024-installer.jar
Considering library net.minecraftforge:forge:1.7.2-10.12.0.1024
Considering library net.minecraft:launchwrapper:1.9
Considering library org.ow2.asm:asm-all:4.1
Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.10.2
Checking "/home/aditya/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.10.2/scala-library-2.10.2.jar" internal checksums
checksums.sha1 validated successfully
Jar contents validated successfully
Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:2.10.2
Checking "/home/aditya/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.2/scala-compiler-2.10.2.jar" internal checksums
checksums.sha1 validated successfully
Jar contents validated successfully
Considering library java3d:vecmath:1.3.1
Considering library net.sf.trove4j:trove4j:3.0.3
Considering library com.ibm.icu:icu4j-core-mojang:51.2
Considering library net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.5
Considering library lzma:lzma:0.0.1
Considering library com.paulscode:codecjorbis:20101023
Considering library com.paulscode:codecwav:20101023
Considering library com.paulscode:libraryjavasound:20101123
Considering library com.paulscode:librarylwjglopenal:20100824
Considering library com.paulscode:soundsystem:20120107
Considering library io.netty:netty-all:4.0.10.Final
Considering library com.google.guava:guava:15.0
Considering library org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.1
Considering library commons-io:commons-io:2.4
Considering library net.java.jinput:jinput:2.0.5
Considering library net.java.jutils:jutils:1.0.0
Considering library com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4
Considering library com.mojang:authlib:1.3
Considering library org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.0-beta9
Considering library org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.0-beta9
Considering library org.lwjgl.lwjgl:lwjgl:2.9.0
Considering library org.lwjgl.lwjgl:lwjgl_util:2.9.0
Considering library org.lwjgl.lwjgl:lwjgl-platform:2.9.0
Considering library org.lwjgl.lwjgl:lwjgl:2.9.1-nightly-20131017
Considering library org.lwjgl.lwjgl:lwjgl_util:2.9.1-nightly-20131017
Considering library org.lwjgl.lwjgl:lwjgl-platform:2.9.1-nightly-20131017
Considering library net.java.jinput:jinput-platform:2.0.5
And when I launch the log says:
I don't see any logs in my .minecraft dir. Infact, there is not ForgeModloader folder at all (although there is an empty mods folder)
