Install the Latest Gradle into Ubuntu


Here’s the way I installed the latest gradle into Ubuntu.

Story

The gradle version in Ubuntu repository is 1.4. The command of gradle version 1.4 is different from gradle version 2. For example, gradle init raise error in version 1.4, but not in version 2. Prevailed documents are on the bases of gradle version 2, so I had to install gradle 2 into my computer, ubuntu.

Environment

  • Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

Installation

Uninstall Existing gradle

Uninstall existing gradle to prevent confusing.

Add Repository

Add gradle repository I use with apt command.

Then, the following output are shown and you will be asked to continue or not, press Enter end proceed.

gpg でキーが作成されます。

After adding the repository, update cache of repositories.

Install gradle

First, check packages of gradle.

In my environment, package list were like the following.

Then I installed gradle-2.10.