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

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

Groovy 2 Quick Start for Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Groovy 2.x on Linux Mint 17 Qiana LTS i386/amd64 Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce 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 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 Groovy 2.x Binary Release.

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

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

    Or from Command Line:

    unzip -d /tmp/ $HOME/Downloads/groovy*.zip
  4. Installing Groovy 2 on Ubuntu.

    sudo su -c "chown -R root:root /tmp/groovy*"
    sudo su -c "mv /tmp/groovy* /opt/groovy2"
  5. Append Groovy2 to the User Path.

    nano $HOME/.bashrc

    Append:

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

    Load the New Path:

    bash
  6. Test Groovy 2 Installation.

    groovy -version
  7. How to Install Required Oracle JDK on Linux Mint

    Installing Oracle JDK for Linux Mint
  8. Getting-Started with Groovy 2 Programming.

    Groovy 2 Quick Start Guide

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