Installing Gradle on Alpine Linux

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Gradle on Alpine Linux latest version.

Prerequisites

  • A system running Alpine Linux
  • Basic knowledge of the Linux command line

Step 1: Update your system

Before installing Gradle, it is recommended to update your system to ensure that you have the latest packages and dependencies.

sudo apk update
sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Java

Gradle requires Java to be installed in order to run. To install Java on Alpine Linux, run the following command:

sudo apk add openjdk11

Step 3: Download Gradle

Go to the Gradle website and download the latest version of Gradle. Make sure to select the binary-only distribution.

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

Replace x.x.x with the version of Gradle you downloaded.

Step 4: Extract Gradle

Extract the downloaded Gradle zip file to the /opt directory on your system.

sudo mkdir /opt/gradle
sudo unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle-x.x.x-bin.zip

Replace x.x.x with the version of Gradle you downloaded.

Step 5: Set Gradle PATH

To make Gradle available to all users on your system, add it to the system's PATH environment variable.

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/gradle/gradle-x.x.x/bin

Replace x.x.x with the version of Gradle you downloaded.

Step 6: Verify installation

To verify that Gradle has been successfully installed, run the following command:

gradle --version

If installation was successful, you should see information about the installed version of Gradle.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gradle on Alpine Linux.