[java] gradlew command not found?

I am working on a Java project with gradlew. I use Ubuntu Linux as my OS. When I run "gradle" it runs, and gives me info. But when I run "gradlew", it outputs as "No command 'gradlew' found, did you mean: Command 'gradle' from package 'gradle' (universe) gradlew: command not found"

I did my research, I have jdk, and I did sudo apt-get install gradle. I am totally clueless

This question is related to java linux gradle installation

The answer is


Gradle wrapper needs to be built. Try running gradle wrapper --gradle-version 2.13 Remember to change 2.13 to your gradle version number. After running this command, you should see new scripts added to your project folder. You should be able to run the wrapper with ./gradlew build to build your code. Please refer to this guid for more information https://spring.io/guides/gs/gradle/.


If you are using mac, try giving root access to gradlew by doing

chmod +x ./gradlew

If you are using VS Code with flutter, you should find it in your app folder, under the android folder:

C:\myappFolder\android

You can run this in the terminal:

./gradlew signingReport

the same problem occurs to me... I check the file wrx permissions with:
$ls -l ./gradlew -> -rw-rw-r-- (no execute permission)

so I use command $chmod +x ./gradlew and this problem solved.


If the answer marked as correct does not work, it is because you need to identify yourself as a super user.

sudo gradle wrapper --gradle-version 2.13

It worked for me.


Hi @Hayden Stites I faced the same issue, but after some tries I found it was happening because I was trying to create build in git bash , instead of CMD with admin access. If you create build with Command prompt run as administrator build will get create.


I use intellj idea and in windows in terminal type: gradlew.bat run it is working for me.


For Ubuntu(linux) users: doing "bash ./gradlew build " works but "./gradlew build " doesnot work.

For me the issue was it was on NTFS file system, linux does not let execute a script from NTFS. Try moving the code from NTFS to a linux partition. then ./gradlew build should work


From mac,

Nothing is working except the following command

chmod 777 gradlew Then

./gradlew


Running this bash command works for me by running chmod 755 gradlew as sometimes file properties changed upon moving from one OS to another (Windows, Linux and Mac).


You must have the Gradle wrapper available locally before using gradlew. To construct that

gradle wrapper # --gradle-version v.xy

Optionally, pass the gradle version explicitly. This step produces the gradlew binary.And then you should be able to

./gradlew build

Linux / MacOS

As noted in the comments, just running

./gradlew

worked for me. Adding the ./ tells it to look in the current directory since it isn't in the path.

Windows PowerShell

.\gradlew

In addition is @suraghch

Linux / MacOS ./gradlew clean

Windows PowerShell .\gradlew clean

Windows cmd gradlew clean


First thing is you need to run the gradle task that you mentioned for this wrapper. Ex : gradle wrapper After running this command, check your directory for gradlew and gradlew.bat files. gradlew is the shell script file & can be used in linux/Mac OS. gradlew.bat is the batch file for windows OS. Then run,

./gradlew build (linux/mac). It will work.


Examples related to java

Under what circumstances can I call findViewById with an Options Menu / Action Bar item? How much should a function trust another function How to implement a simple scenario the OO way Two constructors How do I get some variable from another class in Java? this in equals method How to split a string in two and store it in a field How to do perspective fixing? String index out of range: 4 My eclipse won't open, i download the bundle pack it keeps saying error log

Examples related to linux

grep's at sign caught as whitespace How to prevent Google Colab from disconnecting? "E: Unable to locate package python-pip" on Ubuntu 18.04 How to upgrade Python version to 3.7? Install Qt on Ubuntu Get first line of a shell command's output Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:/var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running? Run bash command on jenkins pipeline How to uninstall an older PHP version from centOS7 How to update-alternatives to Python 3 without breaking apt?

Examples related to gradle

Gradle - Move a folder from ABC to XYZ A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks Gradle: Could not determine java version from '11.0.2' Android Gradle 5.0 Update:Cause: org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.tooling.util Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 5.0 Failed to resolve: com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0 Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.1 com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement-base is being requested by various other libraries java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:failed resolution of :Lorg/apache/http/ProtocolVersion Error - Android resource linking failed (AAPT2 27.0.3 Daemon #0)

Examples related to installation

You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0 directory. (mac user) Conda version pip install -r requirements.txt --target ./lib How to avoid the "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting warning" PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels: Tensorflow import error: No module named 'tensorflow' Downgrade npm to an older version Create Setup/MSI installer in Visual Studio 2017 how to install tensorflow on anaconda python 3.6 Application Installation Failed in Android Studio How to install pip for Python 3.6 on Ubuntu 16.10?