In this article, We are going to perform How to Install Gradle on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04/16.04 LTS or any other cloud platform like AWS EC2, Azure VM, Google Compute Cloud, etc., with preinstalled ubuntu.
Introduction
Gradle is Free and Open Source build automation tool. It is used to build any type of language code.
Prerequisites
- Ubuntu Server 20.04/18.04/16.04 LTS
- SSH access with sudo privileges
#1. Install JDK on Ubuntu
Install OpenJDK 8 or 11.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk
OR
Install OpenJDK 11
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk
Lets verify java version
java -version
Output:
openjdk version "11.0.10" 2021-01-19 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.10+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.04) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.10+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.04, mixed mode, sharing)
#2. How to Install Gradle on Ubuntu
Here we are downloading and installing Gradle 6.4 Version, if you want to download latest or specific version go through Gradle Download page.
Download the gradle setup in /tmp directory using below command,
cd /tmp
To download specific version of gradle use below syntax
sudo wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${VERSION}-bin.zip
Here we are downloading gradle 7.0 on Ubuntu
sudo wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.0-bin.zip
Install unzip on Ubuntu if not installed
sudo apt install unzip
unzip the gradle binary setup in /opt/gradle directory use below syntax
sudo unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-${VERSION}-bin.zip
To unzip gradle setup in /opt/gradle directory
sudo unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-7.0-bin.zip
To update the gradle version and security updated, create symlink latest
sudo ln -s /opt/gradle/gradle-${VERSION} /opt/gradle/latest
sudo ln -s /opt/gradle/gradle-7.0 /opt/gradle/latest
OR
If you want to install default gradle version for ubuntu , you can install gradle using PPA repository
Run below commands to Add PPA repository for gradle and install
sudo apt -y install vim apt-transport-https dirmngr wget software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cwchien/gradle sudo apt update sudo apt -y install gradle
#3. Configure Environment Variable for Gradle
sudo nano /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh
export GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle/latest export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gradle/gradle-7.0/bin
Load the environment variable using below command
source /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh
Give the excutable permission to above script
sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh
We have configured environment for gradle.
#4. Verify Gradle Version
Now verify the Gradle version on Ubuntu using below command.
gradle -v
Output:
------------------------------------------------------------ Gradle 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Build time: 2021-04-09 22:27:31 UTC Revision: d5661e3f0e07a8caff705f1badf79fb5df8022c4 Kotlin: 1.4.31 Groovy: 3.0.7 Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.9 compiled on September 27 2020 JVM: 11.0.10 (Ubuntu 11.0.10+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.04) OS: Linux 5.4.0-1038-aws amd64
We have covered How to Install Gradle on Ubuntu.
Uninstall Gradle from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
To uninstall Gradle from Ubuntu, if you installed gradle by downloading gradle zip setup, remove gradle directory from /opt
sudo rm -rf /opt/gradle
Remove the gradle.sh from /etc/profile.d directory
sudo rm -rf /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh
Run below commands if you have install gradle using APT
sudo apt-get remove gradle
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gradle
sudo apt-get purge gradle
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gradle
Conclusion:
In this article, We have covered How to Install Gradle on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04/16.04 LTS, Configure environment variable for Gradle, verify gradle version.
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