Gradle

TuxCare's Endless Lifecycle Support (ELS) for Gradle provides security patches for versions of Gradle that have reached End of Life (EOL) or are no longer maintained by the upstream vendor. Our ELS for Gradle service is designed for organizations that are not yet ready to migrate to newer Gradle versions and that are seeking long-term stability for their build infrastructure.

Supported Versions

Gradle 6.9.4, 7.6.6

Installation

Prerequisites

Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or later installed (verify with java -version)
Nexus repository access credentials (username and password) — contact sales@tuxcare.com
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Linux Installation

Download Gradle
Download from TuxCare via the terminal using your credentials. For example, Gradle 6.9.4:
```
curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -O https://nexus.repo.tuxcare.com/repository/els_java/org/gradle/gradle/6.9.4-tuxcare.1/gradle-6.9.4-tuxcare.1-bin.zip
```
Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your actual credentials, and adjust the version as needed.

Extract the archive

sudo mkdir -p /opt/gradle
sudo unzip gradle-6.9.4-tuxcare.1-bin.zip -d /opt/gradle

Verify the installation
Run the Gradle binary from the extracted directory.
```
/opt/gradle/gradle-6.9.4-tuxcare.1/bin/gradle --version
```
The output should display the Gradle version and build details.

Windows Installation

Download Gradle
Download the .zip archive from TuxCare Nexus using your credentials
Extract the archive
Extract, for example, gradle-6.9.4-tuxcare.1-bin.zip to a directory of your choice, e.g., C:\Gradle
Verify the installation
Open a Command Prompt or PowerShell window and run the following command.
```
C:\Gradle\gradle-6.9.4-tuxcare.1\bin\gradle --version
```
The output should display the Gradle version and build details.