Gradle – How to force gradle to redownload dependencies

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How can I tell gradle to redownload dependencies from repositories?

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Generally, you can refresh dependencies in your cache with the command line option --refresh-dependencies. You can also delete the cached files under ~/.gradle/caches. With the next build Gradle would attempt to download them again.

What is your specific use case? Do you use dynamic dependency versions or SNAPSHOT versions?

On Unix systems, you can delete all the existing artifacts (artifacts and metadata) Gradle has downloaded using:

rm -rf $HOME/.gradle/caches/

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Gradle build without tests

You should use the -x command line argument which excludes any task.

Try:

gradle build -x test

Update:

The link in Peter's comment changed. Here is the diagram from the Gradle user's guide

Gradle buildscript dependencies

The repositories in the buildScript block are used to fetch the dependencies of your buildScript dependencies. These are the dependencies that are put on the classpath of your build and that you can refer to from your build file. For instance extra plugins that exist on the internet.

The repositories on the root level are used to fetch the dependencies that your project depends on. So all the dependencies you need to compile your project.

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