Gradle 5.4 deployment

Step 1. Download the latest Gradle distribution

The current Gradle release is version 5.4, released on 16 Apr 2019. The distribution zip file comes in two flavors:

• Binary-only
• Complete, with docs and sources

https://gradle.org/next-steps/?version=5.4&format=bin

Step 2. Unpack the distribution

Linux & MacOS users

Unzip the distribution zip file in the directory of your choosing, e.g.:

[wls81@master Downloads]$ unzip -d /home/wls81/tools/ gradle-5.4-bin.zip

[wls81@master tools]$ ln -s gradle-5.4 gradle

Step 3. Configure your system environment

vi /etc/profile

export GRADLE_HOME=/opt/tools/gradle

export PATH=$PATH:$GRADLE_HOME/bin

source /etc/profile

Step 4. Verify your installation

Open a console (or a Windows command prompt) and run gradle -v to run gradle and display the version, e.g.:

[wls81@master tools]$ source /etc/profile
[wls81@master tools]$ gradle -v

Welcome to Gradle 5.4!

Here are the highlights of this release:
- Run builds with JDK12
- New API for Incremental Tasks
- Updates to native projects, including Swift 5 support

For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/5.4/release-notes.html

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Gradle 5.4
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Build time: 2019-04-16 02:44:16 UTC
Revision: a4f3f91a30d4e36d82cc7592c4a0726df52aba0d

Kotlin: 1.3.21
Groovy: 2.5.4
Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.13 compiled on July 10 2018
JVM: 1.8.0_201 (Oracle Corporation 25.201-b09)
OS: Linux 3.10.0-957.10.1.el7.x86_64 amd64

Upgrade with the Gradle Wrapper

If your existing Gradle-based build uses the Gradle Wrapper, you can easily upgrade by running the wrapper task, specifying the desired Gradle version:

$ ./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=5.4 --distribution-type=bin