Grails 3.0.1 add in Eclipse show error Specified directory does not appear to be a Grails installation

Question

When I try to install/import Grails 3.0.1 in Eclipse I get error message "Specified directory does not appear to be a Grails installation".

I already have installed Groovy Compiler 2.4.3. but still get same error message.

How I can install Grails 3.0.1 in Eclipse 4.4?

score 48 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '15 at 21:02

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At grails folder you can put a file "build.properties",

/grails-3.0.1/build.properties
             /install
             /license
             /.......

the content of this file is a single line "grails.version=3.0.1", without quotes. :-)

Now eclipse will recognize it as Grails installation.

Regards

answered May 08 '15 at 21:02

Andgau

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Thanks Andgau! This was exactly what I needed. After creating the file, I was able to add grails-3.0.1 as the preferred grails version. It remains to be seen if the rest of the IDE features work :-) – user2337270 May 30 '15 at 03:29
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Same here, this post should be the answer! Thank you very much Andgau! – Java_Waldi Aug 03 '15 at 13:22
This worked perfectly on grails-3.1.1 also! Thanks Andgau! – specialk1st Feb 11 '16 at 12:34
Worked. Sometimes I read SO answers and wonder how people figure these things out! – CodeClimber Oct 06 '16 at 21:04

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '15 at 08:56

Grails 3 is very different from earlier versions of Grails, in particular being based on Spring Boot. It will be a while before the IDEs have support for Grails 3. Eclipse will probably not have support for Grails 3 as 3.6.4 has been announced as the last release of GGTS and the Grails and Groovy tooling now that Pivotal has abandoned Grails and Groovy.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '15 at 16:57

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I use the lattest ggts from sping (3.6.4) the gradle plugin (installed over the spring dashboard) and the latest snapshot release of the groovy plugin for eclipse to get a groovy 2.4 compiler.

With this setup import your grails3 application as gradle application works for me.

answered Apr 08 '15 at 16:57

Mirko Weber

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I was able to import as a Gradle application, but then I can't run / debug the project as a Grails app, because Eclipse just sees it as a Gradle project. I am wondering if the other Grails features (like autocomplete) will work as well. Have you had any luck with this? – matt forsythe Sep 09 '15 at 15:26

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 13:24

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Here are the steps for working with Grails 3 in Eclipse. 1) Get latest grails 3.X version and setup in the system. 2) Now create grails app using command line. 3) Install Gradle plugin in eclipse if not already there. 4) Import project as Gradle in eclipse, Gradle will download all required dependencies.

answered Apr 23 '15 at 13:24

Jaydip Pansuriya

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Following this path does not seem to give you a "Grails" project - in that you can't do all of the Grails things with it. See my comment on Mirko's answer. – matt forsythe Sep 09 '15 at 15:28

Grails 3.0.1 add in Eclipse show error Specified directory does not appear to be a Grails installation

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