Gradle is a build automation tool for multi-language software development. It controls the development process in the tasks of compilation and packaging to testing, deployment, and publishing. Supported languages include Java (as well as Kotlin, Groovy, Scala), C/C++, and JavaScript.[2] Gradle builds on the concepts of Apache Ant and Apache Maven, and introduces a Groovy- and Kotlin-based domain-specific language contrasted with the XML-based project configuration used by Maven.[3] Gradle uses a directed acyclic graph to determine the order in which tasks can be run, through providing dependency management. It runs on the Java Virtual Machine.[4]
Gradle was designed for multi-project builds, which can grow to be large. It operates based on a series of build tasks that can run serially or in parallel. Incremental builds are supported by determining the parts of the build tree that are already up to date; any task dependent only on those parts does not need to be re-executed. It also supports caching of build components, potentially across a shared network using the Gradle Build Cache. It produces web-based build visualization called Gradle Build Scans. The software is extensible for new features and programming languages with a plugin subsystem.
1 – Installation
To follow the Installing Gradle. you can install Gradle Build Tool on Linux, macOS, or Windows. Here is some manual steps to install Gradle in Ubuntu 22.04:
❯ wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
❯ sudo mkdir /opt/gradle
❯ sudo unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-8.3-bin.zip
❯ ls /opt/gradle/gradle-8.3
> sudo nano ~/.profile
export GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle/gradle-8.3
export PATH=${GRADLE_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
> source ~/.profile
> echo $GRADLE_HOME