ForgeGradle error :extractNatives on setupDecompWorkspace

[DeadEnd78]

Hi MinecraftForge forums...

 

I was just installing forge and everything on my new computer (I had it on my last one) and it won't work. I keep getting the same error on ForgeGradle. I can't seem to find it anywhere >.<

 

Log:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
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C:\Users\BLURRED (NOT MY USER)>cd Desktop/Forge Modding

C:\Users\BLURRED (NOT MY USER)\Desktop\Forge Modding>gradlew setupDecompWorkspace
The assetDir is deprecated!  Use runDir instead! runDir set to eclipse/assets/..

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:extractUserDev UP-TO-DATE
:genSrgs SKIPPED
:extractNatives FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':extractNatives'.
> java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid distance too far back

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option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 7.319 secs

C:\Users\BLURRED (NOT MY USER)\Desktop\Forge Modding>

[DeadEnd78]

Bump... help?

[DeadEnd78]

I guess I am never modding again.... D: (:3)

[DeadEnd78]

Alright, I find it ridiculous that STILL nobody has even tried to help this beautiful creature.

[DeadEnd78]

Try re-running it after you did gradlew cleanCache. The natives download might have been corrupted. That's the only cause I can think of.

 

Nope. Still fails with the exact same thing. One thing I should say, the exception is java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid distance too far back. I looked it up, apparently it is corrupted. Although I don't know how to fix it. I have tried re-downloading, I even tried using Forge 1.6.4 and got the same error. It has to be my computer or Java...

[DeadEnd78]

Still can be a download error... Hm. you can try and use the brute-force method of just deleting the .gradle folder in your user home.

I brought all the artillery, and tried the brute force method. IT WORKED! It was a corrupted download. All that matters is that it worked.

 

Thank you so much. I can't believe somebody actually figured it out. +1 Thank You for you! (BEST MOD EVER!)