The current Gradle release is 4.10.2. You can download binaries and view docs for all Gradle versions from the releases page.
Gradle runs on all major operating systems and requires only a Java JDK or JRE version 7 or higher to be installed. To check, run java -version
:
$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_121"
UP-TO-DATE
, with issues crafted monthly.SDKMAN! is a tool for managing parallel versions of multiple Software Development Kits on most Unix-based systems.
$ sdk install gradle 4.10.2
Homebrew is “the missing package manager for macOS”.
$ brew install gradle
Scoop is a command-line installer for Windows inspired by Homebrew.
$ scoop install gradle
Chocolatey is “the package manager for Windows”.
$ choco install gradle
MacPorts is a system for managing tools on macOS:
$ sudo port install gradle
The current Gradle release is version 4.10.2, released on 19 Sep 2018. The distribution zip file comes in two flavors:
If in doubt, choose the binary-only version and browse docs and sources online.
Need to work with an older version? See the releases page.
Unzip the distribution zip file in the directory of your choosing, e.g.:
$ mkdir /opt/gradle
$ unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-4.10.2-bin.zip
$ ls /opt/gradle/gradle-4.10.2
LICENSE NOTICE bin getting-started.html init.d lib media
Create a new directory C:\Gradle
with File Explorer.
Open a second File Explorer window and go to the directory where the Gradle distribution was downloaded. Double-click the ZIP archive to expose the content. Drag the content folder gradle-4.10.2
to your newly created C:\Gradle
folder.
Alternatively you can unpack the Gradle distribution ZIP into C:\Gradle
using an archiver tool of your choice.
Configure your PATH
environment variable to include the bin
directory of the unzipped distribution, e.g.:
$ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gradle/gradle-4.10.2/bin
In File Explorer right-click on the This PC
(or Computer
) icon, then click Properties
-> Advanced System Settings
-> Environmental Variables
.
Under System Variables
select Path
, then click Edit
. Add an entry for C:\Gradle\gradle-4.10.2\bin
. Click OK to save.
Open a console (or a Windows command prompt) and run gradle -v
to run gradle and display the version, e.g.:
$ gradle -v
------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 4.10.2
------------------------------------------------------------
If your existing Gradle-based build uses the Gradle Wrapper, you can easily upgrade by running the wrapper
task, specifying the desired Gradle version:
$ ./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=4.10.2 --distribution-type=bin
Note that it is not necessary for Gradle to be installed to use the Gradle wrapper. The next invocation of gradlew
or gradlew.bat
will download and cache the specified version of Gradle.
$ ./gradlew tasks
Downloading https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.2-bin.zip
...
You can find all releases and their checksums on the releases page.
Command-line completion scripts are available for bash and zsh. This provides completion for Gradle tasks and command-line options.