Groovy 2 Quick Start for macOS
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Groovy 2.x on Mac OS X 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.

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Open Terminal Window
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Download Latest Groovy 2.x Binary Release.
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Double-Click on Archive to Extract.
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Installing Groovy 2 on Mac OS X.
sudo chown -R root:admin $HOME/Downloads/groovy*
sudo mv /tmp/groovy* /opt/groovy2
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Append Groovy2 to the User Path.
nano $HOME/.profile
Append:
export GROOVY_HOME=/opt/groovy2 export PATH=$GROOVY_HOME/bin:$PATH
Load the New Path:
source $HOME/.profile
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Test Groovy 2 Installation.
groovy -version
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How to Install Recommended Oracle Java JDK8 on Mac OS X
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Getting-Started with Groovy 2 Programming.
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