Issue with running on Linux (see description)

[mdziczkowski]

Current Behavior

When I attempt to usr gradle after fresh install, independantly if I run it with or without parameters, I recieve following output:

/bin/gradle: 23: cd: can't cd to /bin/..share/gradle/bin..

[Trunchated Java informations]

Error: Could not find or load main class org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain

Expected Behavior

Normal functioning

Context (optional)

Installed from Debian repository

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install a fresh gradle and try to run
2. See the output

Gradle version

4.4.1-18

Build scan URL (optional)

No response

Your Environment (optional)

Linux: Debian (bookworm)

Java: OpenJDK (+ JRE)
Java version: 17.0.11+9-Debian-1deb12u1

[ljacomet]

There are no Gradle version 4.4.1-18 so this looks like a Debian build of Gradle. Unfortunately, we cannot support those.
If you observe the same with a recent Gradle version, please open a new issue.

Note that a fix for this issue has recently been contributed:

• cd -P in wrapper to handle being with non-terminal symlinks #28908

That fix will be available with Gradle 8.9 and later versions.

Workaround: manually patch the script

[mdziczkowski]

Hello. I had given the gradle version with was downloaded from Debian repository (as it was given in the "Context" section of the issue post).

It seem that gradle was not updated in Debian repository since long ago.

Please contact the repository maintainer to update it to the latest version