install_gradle.md

To install Gradle 7 on Ubuntu with Java 1.8 already installed

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Update the package list:

   sudo apt update
   

3. Install wget if it's not already installed:

   sudo apt install wget
   

4. Download Gradle 7.6.2 (the latest version in the 7.x series):

   wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.2-bin.zip
   

5. Create a directory for Gradle:

   sudo mkdir /opt/gradle
   

6. Extract the downloaded zip file to the new directory:

   sudo unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-7.6.2-bin.zip
   

7. Set up environment variables by editing the profile file:

   sudo nano /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh
   

8. Add the following lines to the file:

   export GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle/gradle-7.6.2
   export PATH=${GRADLE_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
   

9. Save and exit the file (Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter).

10. Make the script executable:

    sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh
    

11. Load the environment variables:

    source /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh
    

12. Verify the installation:

    gradle --version