How to Install Latest Groovy 2 on Mac OS X Easy Guide

November 7, 2014 | By Zen BSD.

Groovy 2 Quick Start for macOS

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Groovy 2.x on macOS Unix/BSD Desktop.

Groovy is a Dynamic Language that has Additional power Features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk like:

  • Function Literals
  • Support for Collections
  • Support for Regular Expressions
  • Support for XML Processing

It is Recommended to dispose of a Java 8 installation because Now Groovy 2 Supports the latest Oracle Java JDK 8 Specifications.

Installing Groovy 2 for macOS 10.9 Mavericks - Featured

  1. Open Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Mac Mavericks Open Terminal

    In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

    2. Click Here to Install Groovy with HomeBrew!

  2. Download Latest Groovy 2.x Binary Release.

    Groovy 2.x Zip Archive

  3. Double-Click on Archive to Extract.

  4. Installing Groovy 2 on macOS.

    sudo chown -R root:admin $HOME/Downloads/groovy*
    sudo mv /tmp/groovy* /opt/groovy2

  5. Append Groovy2 to the User Path.

    nano $HOME/.profile

    Append:

    export GROOVY_HOME=/opt/groovy2/nexport PATH=$GROOVY_HOME/bin:$PATH

    Load the New Path:

    source $HOME/.profile

  6. Test Groovy 2 Installation.

    groovy -version

  7. How to Install Recommended Oracle Java JDK8 on macOS

    Install Oracle JDK 8 for Mac

  8. Getting-Started with Groovy 2 Programming.

    Groovy 2 Quick Start Guide

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