gradle software package provides Powerful build system for the JVM, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gradle
gradle is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gradle package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gradle *
You will get with gradle package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Java |
| Package | gradle |
| Version | 2.10-1 |
| Description | Powerful build system for the JVM |
| Sub Section | Java |