Gradle is a build tool primarily used for Java projects. Gradle combines the features of Ant and Maven. Gradle uses Groovy, which is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language for the Java platform to define the project and build scripts. Java is one of the most popular programming languages used to build different kinds of applications and systems. Applications developed in Java are scalable and flexible.
Gradle requires minimum Java SE 8 to be installed. SSH to login as root user on the server and issue the
following command to install the OpenJDK package:
1 2 3 4 5 6 | sudo apt update sudo apt install default-jdk #### # Check #### java -version |
The output should look like :
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1 2 3 | openjdk version "11.x.y" 2020-xx-yy OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.x+y-post-Debian-1deb10u1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.x+y-post-Debian-1deb10u1, mixed mode, sharing) |
At the time of writing this article, the latest version of Gradle is 6.3. Before continuing with the next step, you should check the Gradle releases page to see if a newer version is available. Run the following wget command to download the Gradle binary file:
1 | wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip -P /tmp |
Extract the zip file :
1 2 | sudo unzip -d /opt/gradle /tmp/gradle-*.zip ls /opt/gradle/gradle-* |
You’ll get something like :
1 2 3 | ###### bin getting-started.html init.d lib LICENSE media NOTICE ###### |
Create a new file named gradle.sh inside /etc/profile.d directory :
1 2 3 4 5 6 | sudo nano /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh ## paste the following configuration: /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh export GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle/gradle-6.3 export PATH=${GRADLE_HOME}/bin:${PATH} |
Save and close the file. Make the script executable:
1 2 3 | sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh # reload the environment source /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh |
To check whether Gradle is installed properly, run the following command:
1 | gradle -v |
You should see something like below:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | Welcome to Gradle 6.3! Here are the highlights of this release: - Java 14 support - Improved error messages for unexpected failures For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/6.3/release-notes.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Gradle 6.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Build time: 2020-03-24 19:52:07 UTC Revision: bacd40b727b0130eeac8855ae3f9fd9a0b207c60 Kotlin: 1.3.70 Groovy: 2.5.10 Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.7 compiled on September 1 2019 JVM: 11.0.6 (Debian 11.0.6+10-post-Debian-1deb10u1) OS: Linux 4.19.0-6-amd64 amd64 That’s it. You have successfully installed Gradle on your Debian 10, and you can start using it. |
This ends this small guide.
