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.
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Open a Command Line Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
Download Latest Grails 2.x Binary Release.
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Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp
Or from Command Line:
unzip -d /tmp/ $HOME/Downloads/grails*.zip
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Installing Grails 2 on Mint.
sudo su -c "chown -R root:root /tmp/grails*"
sudo su -c "mv /tmp/grails* /opt/grails2"
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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
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How to Install Recommended Oracle JDK on Linux Mint
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Test Grails 2 Installation.
grails -version
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Getting-Started with Grails 2 Web Development.