*** HOW TO INSTALL *** For Mod Users: Download the latest installer from http://files.minecraftforge.net and follow instructions given by the installer. For Mod Devs: Download the latest Forge source distribution from http://files.minecraftforge.net and unzip it to a folder. Open a command prompt, navigate to the directory where you unzipped the Forge sources, and run: If you have Gradle: gradle setupDevWorkspace If you DO NOT have Gradle installed: Windows: gradlew.bat setupDevWorkspace MacOS/Linux: gradlew setupDevWorkspace Requirements: You must have a JDK installed and accessible, there is a big in java 1.6_21 that causes compile errors, just update your jdk to fix them. Optionally, you can install Gradle from http://www.gradle.org/ .