Running Groovy in Sublime Text 3

Question

I'm trying to run groovy in sublime text 3 for last three days and i'm unable to do it. I searched everywhere on net but no use. Even when i try to add Build system this is what i get:

I'm stuck real bad and need help. Any help is appreciated, thank you.

Myatt

bin/bash: groovy: command not found you are not running it against a file. The specific build systems are used depending on the file extension. You just opened a file and not even saved it. – Elzaelzevir

Answer 1

It appears you do not have groovy on your path. Following these instructions worked for me: https://gist.github.com/kdabir/2203530

Before you begin, make sure you have Groovy downloaded and added to your path. Groovy can be downloaded from here: http://groovy-lang.org/download.html You will also need Java SDK downloaded/installed, which can be downloaded from here: http://groovy-lang.org/download.html

You will then need to insure both Java and Groovy's 'bin' folder are on your path. I typically create a GROOVY_HOME and JAVA_HOME environment variables that point to the root of each installation and then for Windows, add %GROOVY_HOME%\bin and %JAVA_HOME%\bin to the PATH.

Once you have done that, you can follow the instructions from: https://gist.github.com/kdabir/2203530

The instructions tell you that in Sublime Text 3, navigate to the Tools-->Build System-->New Build System, which will open a new build system JSON file. In the editor, then paste the following contents, overwriting the text initially in the editor:

{
    "cmd": ["groovy","$file"],
    "selector": "source.groovy",
    "file_regex": "[ ]*at .+[(](.+):([0-9]+)[)]",

    "windows": {
        "shell": "cmd.exe"
    }

}

Once pasted, save the file as groovy.sublime-build.json in the folder that the save dialog opens in, which will be in your user profile for Sublime Text 3, like \User\Sublime Text 3\Packages\user\groovy.sublime-build.json

After you have saved the file, close and re-open Sublime Text 3.

Finally, you will want to make sure that Tools-Build System-->Automatic is selected.

Open a .groovy script file and select Ctrl-B or Tools-->Build from the menu. The script should run and the results shown in the console at the bottom of Sublime Text 3 as expected.

Your error clearly shows that Groovy is not on your path - Make sure you can run groovy from the command line to test the path before you attempt to run it within Sublime Text 3.

Aureus

The file should be saved as Groovy.sublime-build, not .sublime-build.json. Additionally, the OP is pretty clearly running OS X, while your instructions are Windows-specific. – Lamonica

Thanks, I'll try and get back to you. :) – Myatt