How to add script dependencies to gradle?

Question

I would like to use some library in Gradle build tasks and wrote:

buildScript {
    dependencies {
        classpath files('lib/matlabcontrol-4.1.0.jar')
    }
}

Unfortunately, it does not work with error:

Could not find method buildScript() for arguments [build_dequiq884i95u7leo8gt9c8xk$_run_closure1@5a63dd5b] on root project

How to fix and why it was answered as working method in referenced answer?

`buildscript` should be in lowercase read comments in answer — Taj Ahmed, Mar 15 '16 at 11:50
check this it may help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6329872/how-to-add-external-jar-files-to-gradle-build-script — Taj Ahmed, Mar 15 '16 at 11:58
I don't understand what is it there? Why should I do that hacking? Why can't I just import required jar or plugin? — Suzan Cioc, Mar 17 '16 at 16:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 15 '16 at 11:54

1

Try this change buildScript to buildscript

buildscript {
    dependencies {
        classpath files('lib/matlabcontrol-4.1.0.jar')
    }
}

edited Mar 15 '16 at 11:54

WarrenFaith

answered Mar 15 '16 at 11:52

Abhishek

Is it possible to declare a task dependency ? For example, I have a task which publish a message to RabbitMQ Broker so I need RabbitMQ Java driver to do so. – Guerino Rodella Nov 17 '17 at 11:33
I know how to define task in gradle. You will get more information on net. In that you can write your own logic. For basic you can start from https://www.tutorialspoint.com/gradle/gradle_tasks.htm – Abhishek Nov 17 '17 at 11:45

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