How to install Gradle on Linux (Ubuntu)

if you dont know gradle, please go though the following website to get an understanding about gradle.

Gradle project home page :- http://www.gradle.org


follow the steps give below to install the gradle on your develop environment. (Linux based)

1. download the gradle distribution from the gradle website.

    http://www.gradle.org/downloads


2. extract the downloaded gradle distribution in any directory in your PC.

 
3. then add the GRADLE_HOME environmental variable. to add the environmental variable, follow the below instructions.

    3.1 sudo  gedit .bashrc
 
    3.2  add the following to the bottom of the .bashrc file

    GRADLE_HOME=<path to gradle bin file>  (e.g. /opt/gradle/gradle-1.5/bin )

    export GRADLE_HOME

    PATH=$PATH:$GRADLE_HOME

    export PATH

  

    3.2  source .bashrc

4. once the above changes are done, run gradle in the terminal to check whether gradle is properly installed.

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Chathuranga Tennakoon

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