# Where is Gradle supposed to be installed?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/where-is-gradle-supposed-to-be-installed/46293>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [April 29, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/where-is-gradle-supposed-to-be-installed/46293 "2025-04-29T18:34:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/where-is-gradle-supposed-to-be-installed/46293/1 "2025-04-29T18:34:29Z")

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When running Android source code there is frequently an error message that says the user needs to install a later version of Gradle. How do we do that; where does it go?

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/where-is-gradle-supposed-to-be-installed/46293/2 "2025-05-01T00:35:41Z")

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Hi AI answer

#### **On Windows:**

- Go to:  
`C:\Users\YourUsername\Documents\Processing\android\mode\gradle\wrapper`
  - (or where Processing is installed, e.g., `C:\Program Files\Processing\android\mode\gradle\wrapper`)

#### **On macOS:**

- Go to:  
`/Applications/Processing.app/Contents/Java/modes/android/gradle/wrapper`  
(or `~/Documents/Processing/android/mode/gradle/wrapper` if installed in user space)

#### **On Linux:**

- Check:  
`/usr/local/processing/android/mode/gradle/wrapper`  
or  
`~/processing/android/mode/gradle/wrapper`

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/where-is-gradle-supposed-to-be-installed/46293/3 "2025-05-01T00:48:44Z")

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I’m going to try it; thank you very much.

**Addendum:**  
It’s not quite where AI said it would be; sometimes things get moved from one version to the next. I found _gradle-wrapper.jar_ buried at the following URL on my operating system (macOS M2):  
Documents/Processing/modes/AndroidMode/mode/gradlew/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar. According to accompanying file it is version 7.4.1. Had no luck finding it in the app bundle.

 ![gradleWrapper](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/b/d/bdb5b2fca5633ba0b69b2634dd9f288f54f3ae61.png)