Trouble Installing Forge for MC 1.7.10 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Herbs]

Forge Version Used: forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-universal

Minecraft Version Used: minecraft_server.1.7.10

 

Fresh install of vanilla server was successful. Ran the server, all is well.

 

Followed the instructions located at http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Installation/Universal

 

Was going smoothly until I attempted the Vanilla server install of Forge. That's when I got this:

 

root@ubuntu:~/minecraft# java '/home/user/minecraft/forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-universal.jar'

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /home/user/minecraft/forge-1/7/10-10/13/0/1184-universal/jar

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: .home.user.minecraft.forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-universal.jar

        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)

        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)

        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)

Could not find the main class: /home/user/minecraft/forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-universal.jar. Program will exit.

 

 

Also consulted the forums for similar issues and found something else to try. Here's what that did:

 

root@ubuntu:~/minecraft# java -jar '/home/user/minecraft/forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-universal.jar' --installserver

We appear to be missing one or more essential library files.

You will need to add them to your server before FML and Forge will run successfully.java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch

        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)

        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)

        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)

        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

        at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:270)

        at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.run(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:25)

        at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.main(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:12)

 

 

Any help regarding this situation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.

 

 

 

[Herbs]

I obtained the universal.jar from the installer .jar. I was attempting to follow these instructions:

 

Vanilla Server

 

Thanks to the work of cpw, now Forge can be installed without modifying the server jar! THIS ONLY WORKS FOR BUILD 315 AND ABOVE!!!

 

Place the universal zip into the same folder where your minecraft_server.jar is, then change the extension of the forge zip to a .jar. Run it.

 

Optionally, you may use java -jar whateveryounamedtheforgezip.zip in a command prompt.

 

 

Here is the output generated when I attempt to run the installer .jar:

 

root@ubuntu:~/minecraft# java '/home/user/minecraft/forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-installer.jar'

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /home/user/minecraft/forge-1/7/10-10/13/0/1184-installer/jar

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: .home.user.minecraft.forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-installer.jar

        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)

        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)

        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)

Could not find the main class: /home/user/minecraft/forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-installer.jar. Program will exit.

 

Also tried the "latest version" edition from the link in the forums, with similar results:

 

java '/home/user/minecraft/minecraftforge-installer-1.6.4-9.11.1.953.jar'

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /home/user/minecraft/minecraftforge-installer-1/6/4-9/11/1/953/jar

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: .home.user.minecraft.minecraftforge-installer-1.6.4-9.11.1.953.jar

        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)

        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)

        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)

Could not find the main class: /home/user/minecraft/minecraftforge-installer-1.6.4-9.11.1.953.jar. Program will exit.

 

 

I appreciate the suggestion and quick reply. Hopefully this issue is caused by some mistake on my part that can be easily ascertained and rectified.

[Herbs]

Thanks again for the quick reply. Unfortunately I forgot to post the results from when I attempted your suggestion earlier:

 

root@ubuntu:~/minecraft# java -jar '/home/user/minecraft/forge-1.7.10-10.13.0.1184-installer.jar' --installserver

Exception in thread "main" joptsimple.UnrecognizedOptionException: 'installserver' is not a recognized option

at joptsimple.OptionException.unrecognizedOption(OptionException.java:89)

at joptsimple.OptionParser.handleLongOptionToken(OptionParser.java:493)

at joptsimple.OptionParserState$2.handleArgument(OptionParserState.java:56)

at joptsimple.OptionParser.parse(OptionParser.java:433)

at cpw.mods.fml.installer.SimpleInstaller.main(SimpleInstaller.java:26)

 

 

I've been playing around with various syntaxes to try and install it, even updated my java repositories, to no avail. Can't help but feel like it's some super obvious tiny thing I'm missing. Really grateful for your time and suggestions.

 

 

Edit: Seems I was correct about the super tiny issue. For anyone else experiencing something similar, CAPITALS matter.

"--installServer" instead of "--installserver" fixed the issue.

 

Thanks so much for your help!

[buckleymarks]

I am also running Ubuntu 12.04, which I've been using as a vanilla Minecraft server successfully. I wanted to start experimenting with mods, and so installing Forge seemed like the logical first step. I downloaded the installer, specifically:

forge-1.7.2-10.12.2.1147-installer.jar

 

I ran this successfully, and it generated the following file:

forge-1.7.2-10.12.2.1147-universal.jar

 

When I run that file, however, I get the aforementioned "missing one or more essential library files" error. Specifically, the output is:

We appear to be missing one or more essential library files.

You will need to add them to your server before FML and Forge will run successfully.java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch

        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 java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)

        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)

        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)

        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

        at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:270)

        at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.run(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:25)

        at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.main(ServerLaunchWrapper.java:12)

[luacs1998]

You need to upload the /libraries folder to your server as well.

[buckleymarks]

You need to upload the /libraries folder to your server as well.

 

Not to be dense, but when you say "the /libraries folder" what library folder do you mean? Java libraries? Minecraft libraries? Forge libraries? And where would I find this folder? Thanks for your help.

[loordgek]

libraries folder

in the server folder where you installed it to