Installing Gradle

satya - 7/19/2018, 11:18:22 AM

What is gradle home environment variable?

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satya - 7/19/2018, 11:18:52 AM

Gradle installation is documented here

satya - 7/19/2018, 11:20:56 AM

GRADLE_HOME

For running Gradle, firstly add the environment variable GRADLE_HOME. This should point to the unpacked files from the Gradle website. Next add GRADLE_HOME/bin to your PATH environment variable. Usually, this is sufficient to run Gradle.

satya - 7/19/2018, 11:37:02 AM

Buildship eclipse plugin admin privileges on windows

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satya - 7/31/2018, 4:15:19 PM

I am downloading binary only 4.9 version : 70MB

satya - 7/31/2018, 4:32:24 PM

Process/Settings needed


//Unpack first
Put the zip file in c:\gradle
right-click and unpack to: c:\gradle\gradle-4.9

//Set variables
path=%path%;C:\Gradle\gradle-4.9\bin
gradle_home=C:\Gradle\gradle-4.9

satya - 7/31/2018, 4:38:52 PM

Make note

notice c:\gradle\gradle-4.9\gradle-4.9 when unpacked. Move the directory one up.

satya - 7/31/2018, 4:40:52 PM

You also need to set JAVA_HOME to at least Java 7

satya - 7/31/2018, 4:41:44 PM

To access env variables on windows search for


System properties
or
Edit environment variables
Or
Envi

satya - 7/31/2018, 4:42:17 PM

So you need


Java_home=c:\jdk1.8
gradle_home=C:\Gradle\gradle-4.9
path=%path%;C:\Gradle\gradle-4.9\bin

satya - 8/1/2018, 7:46:43 AM

You can type, if it works


//provide version info
gradle -v

satya - 8/1/2018, 7:48:52 AM

You can also do this from any directory


//Tell me what tasks are available by default
gradle tasks

satya - 8/1/2018, 7:50:49 AM

One of the tasks is init


//This will prepare a directory for gradle build
//go to a directory
//execute
gradle init

//This will create a number of files
gradle.build
settings.gradle

satya - 8/1/2018, 7:51:07 AM

Documentation on settings.gradle

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satya - 8/1/2018, 7:52:02 AM

Settings is documented here

satya - 8/1/2018, 7:52:39 AM

For most simple projects this file just contains the root project name.


rootProject.name = 'FirstProject'

satya - 8/1/2018, 7:56:46 AM

Here is where to next: command line options