How to Install Gradle on OpenSUSE Latest

Gradle is an open-source build automation tool that is used to manage large-scale software projects for Java, C++, Python, and other programming languages. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Gradle on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we install Gradle, we need to make sure that our system meets the following requirements:

• OpenSUSE Latest installed on your system
• Root privileges

Step 1: Update System

We need to make sure that our system is up-to-date:

sudo zypper update

Step 2: Install Java Development Kit

Gradle requires Java Development Kit (JDK) to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install JDK:

sudo zypper install java-1_8_0-openjdk-devel

Step 3: Download Gradle

Visit the Gradle website http://gradle.org/ and download the latest Gradle binary release. For this tutorial, we will be using Gradle version 7.2. You can replace the version number in the following commands with the version you downloaded:

wget https://downloads.gradle-dn.com/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip -P /tmp

Step 4: Extract Gradle

Once the download is complete, extract the Gradle archive to the /opt directory:

sudo unzip -d /opt /tmp/gradle-7.2-bin.zip

Step 5: Configure Environment Variables

We need to configure the environment variables to use Gradle. Run the following commands to add Gradle's bin directory to the PATH variable:

echo "export PATH=/opt/gradle-7.2/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Step 6: Verify Installation

We can verify the installation of Gradle by running the following command:

gradle -v

This will output the version of Gradle installed on your system.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gradle on your OpenSUSE Latest system.