How to Install Gradle on Ubuntu 20.04

Gradle is an open-source build tool for the automation of applications. The Gradle helps developers team to build, automate and deliver software easier and faster, which increased their productivity. It can build applications written in Java, C++, Python or your language of choice.

This tutorial will help you to install Gradle on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system.

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Prerequisites

You must have root or sudo privilege account access on Ubuntu 20.04 system.

Gradle required Java language for running on any operating system. So first of all, Make sure you have Java installed on your system. also make sure you have installed JDK and JRE both.

java -version 

openjdk 11.0.7 2020-04-14
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1, mixed mode, sharing)

If you don’t have Java Development Kit installed on your system. Use below command to install it.

sudo apt install default-jdk

Step 1 – Install Gradle on Ubuntu 20.04

After installation of Java, download the latest Gradle distribution release binary file from its official download page.

wget https://downloads.gradle-dn.com/distributions/gradle-6.5.1-bin.zip

Then extract the downloaded archive and place it to the proper location. Generally, I used /usr/local directory for storing applications. You can use alternative directory like /opt.

unzip gradle-6.5.1-bin.zip
mv gradle-6.5.1 /usr/local/gradle

Gradle has been configured on your system.

Step 2 – Setup Environment Variable

Next, you need to setup Gradle with PATH environment variable, Also make sure the variable is set after system reboot.

Place a shell script under profile.d directory to set PATH variable on reboot. Create a file like below:

vim /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh

and add the below line to file

export PATH=/usr/local/gradle/bin:$PATH

Save file and close it. Now source the script to apply environment for current shell.

source /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh

And you have done the Grandle installation on Ubuntu system.

Step 3 – Test Gradle Setup

The Gradle has been configured successfully on your system. You can use use Gradle tool to build your applications. Let’s check the installed version on your system.

gradle -v

Output

Welcome to Gradle 6.5.1!

Here are the highlights of this release:
 - Support for building, testing and running Java Modules
 - Precompiled script plugins for Groovy DSL
 - Single dependency lock file per project

For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/6.5.1/release-notes.html


------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 6.5.1
------------------------------------------------------------

Build time:   2020-05-15 19:43:40 UTC
Revision:     1a04183c502614b5c80e33d603074e0b4a2777c5

Kotlin:       1.3.71
Groovy:       2.5.10
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.7 compiled on September 1 2019
JVM:          11.0.7 (Ubuntu 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
OS:           Linux 5.4.0-26-generic amd64

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned to install Gradle on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system.