Gradle in Ubuntu for Launchpad

Question

It appears that Ubuntu doesn't have new versions of Gradle in their repositories for some reason. I need it for a project that will be build by Launchpad.

What should I do about this?

Mitch · Answer 1 · 2013-08-03T10:46:48.513

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Gradle requires a Java JDK to be installed. Gradle requires a JDK 1.5 or higher. Gradle ships with its own Groovy library, therefore no Groovy needs to be installed. Any existing Groovy installation is ignored by Gradle.

Gradle uses whichever JDK it finds in your path (to check, use java -version). Alternatively, you can set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the install directory of the desired JDK.

So make sure that you have Java JDK installed, then head to Gradle's Website to download Gradle, and any other info that you may need.

Or, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cwchien/gradle
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gradle

^{Source:Gradle}

edited Aug 03 '13 at 10:46

answered Aug 03 '13 at 10:38

Mitch

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Well I could use that on my local machine but would that work on Launchpad? How would I tell it to download Gradle before starting the build. – Marlinc Aug 03 '13 at 10:40
I don't think that you can do that. I think that you need to build locally, and then add to Launchpad. – Mitch Aug 03 '13 at 10:47
Why did you unaccept? :) – Mitch Sep 19 '13 at 18:47
Because that would not work on Launchpad. In Launchpad you're able to add a PPA for build dependencies. So I added it and specified it as a build dependency on my package. I've added that as a answer to this question so others can see it too. – Marlinc Sep 20 '13 at 05:49
where is gradle home after running this commands? – catch23 Feb 03 '14 at 00:59
@nazar_art Take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18495474/intellij-cannot-find-gradle-home-location – Mitch Feb 03 '14 at 06:56
It seems the gradle home is then /usr/share/gradle – JFL Dec 17 '14 at 10:16
I have a problem: "gradle is already the newest version." – IgorGanapolsky Apr 07 '15 at 19:22
@IgorG. What is the problem? – Mitch Apr 07 '15 at 19:24
@Mitch I cannot install gradle, even though my system says that gradle is newest version! – IgorGanapolsky Apr 07 '15 at 19:29
Why do you want to install, if its already installed, and its at the newest version? – Mitch Apr 07 '15 at 19:35

score 30 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '13 at 13:28

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cwchien/gradle
sudo apt-get update

This is correct answer, but before make sudo apt-get install gradle, do:

sudo apt-cache search gradle

and next install latest version from new repo. In my case it:

sudo apt-get install gradle-1.9

it work's! (if you don't tell, what version you need, it install gradle(1.4) from main repo, and error will be with you...).

answered Dec 05 '13 at 13:28

Artem Zinoviev

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But I get a message: "gradle-1.9 is already the latest version". Hence it doesn't let me install gradle. – IgorGanapolsky Apr 07 '15 at 19:26
Gradle is installed to /usr/lib/gradle/{your-version} – catch23 May 20 '17 at 16:55

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '13 at 10:52

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Apparently its possible to add a PPA as a dependency to a PPA and thus including Gradle.

https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/BuildingASourcePackage#Dependencies

answered Aug 03 '13 at 10:52

Marlinc

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

gradlew, the Gradle Wrapper, seems to be the best method: https://docs.gradle.org/2.11/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html

It is a script generated by Gradle which can automatically:

download a required Gradle version if missing
use it when required

You will then always use ./gradlew command from the root of the project instead of your system's gradle.

How to generate the wrapper is explained on the docs and at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25769536/how-when-to-generate-gradle-wrapper-files

lemonsqueeze · Answer 5 · 2017-05-19T05:05:58.390

sdkman

I faced a similar issue recently where i needed gradle just for one project:
Using apt wasn't very appealing as that meant tons of extra dependencies which i would certainly forget to uninstall afterwards. Also i needed a fairly recent gradle build.

I went with sdkman package manager instead which is pretty neat for java development:
You get bleeding edge versions of packages installed directly to your home directory without interfering with ubuntu system-wide setup. After i'm done i can just delete the user i created for the task and everything is back as before.

To install sdkman and gradle:

$ curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash
Open new terminal  
$ sdk install gradle

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