Hi Devanshu,
I think that the documentation seems a bit confusing. Actually, you can extract Forge to whatever directory you like. Then you should just add that directory to your path.
IMHO, the docu would sound a bit more clear if the sentence
On Unix based operating systems, this typically means editing your ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile; you will need to the following entries:
was changed to something like:
On Unix based operating systems, this typically means editing your ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile. Suppose you have extracted Forge under ~/forge directory. Then you will need to add the following entries:
And still the question remains: if you extract directly the zip under ~/forge, then your FORGE_HOME should be (as you noticed) ~/forge/forge-distribution-2.12.1.Final. So even the above explanation is not the best...
Lincoln, George, what do you think?
Cheers,
Ivan