groovy • gvm • windows

GVM on Windows

What is GVM

GVM allows you to manage different versions of Gradle. It also contains some other useful Groovy tools and frameworks such as:

  • crash
  • gaiden
  • glide
  • grails
  • griffon
  • groovy
  • groovyserv
  • lazybones
  • springboot
  • vertx

More info: http://gvmtool.net/

Installation

  • Check your PowerShell version
$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

  • If the version is less than 3 update PowerShell by installing this update

  • Check your PowerShell modules path

$env:PSModulePath

  • If the modules directory does not exist, create it (C:\Users\paweloczadly\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules)

  • Clone the posh-gvm repository to the modules directory:

git clone https://github.com/flofreud/posh-gvm
  • Import posh-gvm module
Import-Module posh-gvm

Verification

> gvm help

Usage: gvm <command> <candidate> [version]
    gvm offline <enable|disable>
    commands:
        install   or i    <candidate> [version]
        uninstall or rm   <candidate> <version>
        list      or ls   <candidate>
        use       or u    <candidate> [version]
        default   or d    <candidate> [version]
        current   or c    [candidate]
        version   or v
        broadcast or b
        help      or h
        offline           <enable|disable>
        selfupdate        [-Force]
        flush             <candidates|broadcast|archives|temp>
    candidate  :  crash, gaiden, glide, gradle, grails, griffon, groovy, groovyserv, lazybones, springboot, vertx
    version    :  where optional, defaults to latest stable if not provided
eg: gvm install groovy