How to Install Latest Grails 2 on Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS 32-64bit Linux Easy Guide

November 8, 2014 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Grails 2 Quick Start for Linux Mint 17 Qiana

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Grails 2.x Web Framework on Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

Grails is an Open Source, full stack, web application framework for the JVM that takes advantage of the Groovy programming language and convention over configuration to provide a productive and stream-lined development experience.

The Only Requirement for Grails 2 is an Oracle Java Development Kit 6+ Installation so Inside the Tutorial you’ll find How to Download and Install Oracle JDK for Mint Linux.

Installing Grails 2 for Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS - Featured

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

    Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS Groovy 2 Installation - Featured
  2. Download Latest Grails 2.x Binary Release.

    Grails 2.x Zip Archive
  3. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp

    Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS Getting-Started with Grails 2 - Extract

    Or from Command Line:

    unzip -d /tmp/ $HOME/Downloads/grails*.zip
  4. Installing Grails 2 on Mint.

    sudo su -c "chown -R root:root /tmp/grails*"
    sudo su -c "mv /tmp/grails* /opt/grails2"
  5. Append Grails2 to the User Path.

    nano $HOME/.bashrc

    Append:

    export GRAILS_HOME=/opt/grails2/nexport PATH=$GRAILS_HOME/bin:$PATH
    

    Load the New Path:

    bash
  6. How to Install Recommended Oracle JDK on Linux Mint

    Install Oracle JDK for Linux Mint
  7. Test Grails 2 Installation.

    grails -version
  8. Getting-Started with Grails 2 Web Development.

    Grails 2 Quick Start Guide

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