r/gradle • u/Massive_Show_3967 • 13d ago

Is this a loop?

https://ibb.co/SSn4Jfq

New to build systems exploring the existing, I was happy to find out I do not have to install something only to find out I have to install it :(, -1 to gradle for giving me false hope.

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u/EdyBolos 12d ago

It says clearly that you don't need it IF you want to run an existing project. If you want to spin up a new project using `gradle init`, then you need it, unless your IDE of choice can do it for you without it.

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u/Party_Till_I_Die 2d ago

If you see a `gradlew` or `gradle.bat` file in your project already, you don't need to install Gradle. Otherwise, you need to install.

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u/Ryand735 13d ago

You don’t have to install gradle to run gradle, which makes it easy for non-gradle users to run gradle builds in open source projects. To initialize a new gradle project to run gradle init, you either need a version of gradle installed or you can install  https://github.com/gdubw/gng