gradlew: Permission Denied

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I am attempting to run gradlew from my command line, but am constantly facing the following error.

Brendas-MacBook-Pro:appx_android brendalogy$ ./gradlew compileDebug --stacktrace
-bash: ./gradlew: Permission denied

I am already running this command from my project directory. Need to run this command as I am facing the same (nondescriptive) error on Android Studio 0.2.x as encountered here: Android studio and gradle build error

Am I doing something wrong and how do I get around this?

score 1264 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '13 at 06:33

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Try to set the execution flag on your gradlew file:

chmod +x gradlew

answered Jul 16 '13 at 06:33

Vincent Cantin

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is there some reason the default template doesn't already set gradlew as executable? it seems odd that i would have to do this. – Ankur Nov 08 '13 at 05:01
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I had similar issue when setting up Atlassian Bamboo build; checking the gradlew file out from git it didn't have the executable attribute so had to add a "script" task to my job to chmod +x as @Vincent pointed out. Thanks! – Doug Ayers Dec 29 '13 at 00:29
@Vincent could you please elaborate on why this is required to resolve the permission issue? – Abhijit Mar 20 '14 at 00:40
Simply said, the `x` flag tag the file as an executable, which the shell can launch. – Vincent Cantin Mar 20 '14 at 09:43
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@Abhijit you can check the file permissions by doing `ls -l`. This gives you the file permissions on the left-most column. – Sudhanshu Jun 19 '14 at 00:02
@DougAyers How you did configure Bamboo for Gradle based Android Project. I didn't find any direct support but there is option to write script but what I need to configure there ? Any suggestion please ! – CoDe Mar 04 '16 at 11:35
@DougAyers **chmod +x gradlew** worked for me. But this not generating any build output apk. Am I missing anything? Any suggestion ! – CoDe Mar 04 '16 at 12:05
Is this how is should be doing it? - run: name: Download Dependeuncies command: chmod +x gradlew androidDependencies – Uzair Aug 09 '17 at 08:49
i got the same error. where should i set the set the execution flag. @Vincent – DKV Nov 27 '18 at 10:05
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In the case that you have a git repo, do not forget to also `git update-index --chmod=+x ./gradlew` – Frank Neblung Feb 07 '19 at 14:25
In my case, this command doesn't work on my server (who said the container works the same in all docker servers? It's a big lie ). I used the following command `RUN chmod 777 ./gradlew` and it works well. – Salih KARAHAN Apr 23 '22 at 11:42
For mac users, if the above command doesn't work, try running `chmod +x ./gradlew` – Safi50 Jul 17 '22 at 13:47
This is driving me mad, I've tried every solution I've found for this and nothing works. I went through the instructions here and followed them precisely: https://cloud.google.com/run/docs/quickstarts/build-and-deploy/deploy-java-service I used curl in WSL to create the project and copied them out into Windows from the explorer. I tried both chmod and git update-index. Is there anything else I'm missing? – Andrew K Feb 13 '23 at 20:25

user1921819 · Answer 2 · 2020-02-12T12:54:37.700

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Could also be fixed with

git update-index --chmod=+x gradlew

edited Feb 12 '20 at 12:54

answered Mar 02 '18 at 15:45

user1921819

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proper fix for windows users. Thank you! – GBP Jun 24 '19 at 09:37
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... and commit and push are needed afterwards – Michal Hosala Aug 29 '19 at 13:50

score 72 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 05 '19 at 01:56

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You need to update the execution permission for gradlew

Locally: chmod +x gradlew

Git:

git update-index --chmod=+x gradlew
git add .
git commit -m "Changing permission of gradlew"
git push

You should see:

mode change 100644 => 100755 gradlew

answered Jan 05 '19 at 01:56

Vishrant

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Thank You, "chmod +x gradlew" worked for me. – Waqas Ahmed Feb 15 '23 at 21:19

score 45 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 10 '18 at 04:24

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You could use "bash" before command:

bash ./gradlew compileDebug --stacktrace

edited Aug 10 '18 at 04:24

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answered Jul 09 '14 at 04:07

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score 30 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 26 '19 at 06:51

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Jenkins > Project Dashboard > (select gradle project) Configure > Build

x Use Gradle Wrapper

Make gradlew executable x

edited Oct 26 '19 at 06:51

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answered Nov 23 '14 at 12:52

Pnemonic

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Does it work for you? I set the checkbox in my job's settings but it didn't lead to making gradlew executable. I use `clean before checkout` option. – zubactik Nov 25 '14 at 09:34
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Works for me! You have to tell jenkins explicitly to make the executable. – Harvey Lin Mar 22 '17 at 21:49

score 26 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 06 '20 at 08:42

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Just type this command in Android Studio Terminal (Or your Linux/Mac Terminal)

chmod +x gradlew

and try to :

 ./gradlew assembleDebug

answered Apr 06 '20 at 08:42

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score 26 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 05 '20 at 13:37

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on android folder cmd run

chmod +x gradlew

and run

./gradlew clean

and root project run

react-native run-android

answered Jun 05 '20 at 13:37

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score 20 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 02 '18 at 17:20

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git update-index --chmod=+x gradlew

This command works better especially on non-unix system.

answered Mar 02 '18 at 17:20

ekarankow

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score 8 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 28 '20 at 00:06

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With this step set permission to gradlew

steps {
    echo 'Compile project'
    sh "chmod +x gradlew"
    sh "./gradlew clean build --no-daemon"
}

answered Jul 28 '20 at 00:06

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Pouya Heydari · Answer 10 · 2022-12-19T19:44:18.397

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If you face this error in Github actions, you need to add this step before ./gradlew assembleDebug:

  - name: Make gradlew executable
    run: chmod +x ./gradlew

edited Dec 19 '22 at 19:44

answered Dec 19 '22 at 19:39

Pouya Heydari

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score 2 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 15 '21 at 09:28

This issue occur when you migrate your android project build in windows to any unix operating system (Linux). So you need to run the below command in your project directory to convert dos Line Break to Unix Line Break.

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 dos2unix

If you dont have dos2unix installed. Install it using

In CentOs/Fedora

yum install dos2unix

In Ubuntu and other distributions

sudo apt install dos2unix

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 17:25

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if it doesn't work after chmod'ing make sure you aren't trying to execute it inside the /tmp directory.

answered Jul 15 '16 at 17:25

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 16 '19 at 06:11

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Try below command:

chmod +x gradlew && ./gradlew compileDebug --stacktrace

answered Sep 16 '19 at 06:11

Brijesh Shiroya

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 03 '20 at 04:31

I got the same error trying to execute flutter run on a mac. Apparently, in your flutter project, there is a file android/gradlew that is expected to be executable (and it wasn't). So in my case,

chmod a+rx android/gradlew

i used this command and execute the project

score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 13 '22 at 20:16

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Sometimes the error is just a typo, using gradle instead of gradlew wrapper.

answered Jul 13 '22 at 20:16

Jorge Tovar

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Aug 25 '22 at 11:53

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past it in your terminal: chmod 755 android/gradlew.

answered Aug 25 '22 at 11:53

Waqas Khan Roghani

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Apr 14 '22 at 08:21

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For Linux Only

View > Tool Windows > Terminal

before

./gradlew.bat tasks

after

./gradlew tasks

eg

./gradlew dokkaHtml

answered Apr 14 '22 at 08:21

Ashutosh Kailkhura

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Jul 15 '22 at 06:51

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For Windows users facing this issue in android studio, change your terminal to cmd from Windows PowerShell

answered Jul 15 '22 at 06:51

ajaas azeez

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user2342558 · Answer 19 · 2023-06-20T14:26:49.967

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This worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:

sudo nemo (or sudo nautilus)
right click on the gradle directory
go to the permissions tab
give to all the permission to read and write
press also the button "give permissions to sub directory and files"
the same for the .gradle directory

Retry the gradle update.

edited Jun 20 '23 at 14:26

answered Apr 17 '23 at 15:18

user2342558

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