Where to find groovy library on intellij(mac) when installed groovy through sdkman

Question

I installed groovy through sdkman on mac. When i try to create a new groovy project in intellij, it asks for groovy library location. Where can i find the installed groovy?

Bullhorn

Normally it should be under /users/<username>/.sdkman/groovy/current or /users/<username>/.sdkman/groovy/<version>. Mark that .sdkman might not be visible in IntelliJ by default, but tracing through the directory structure should be possible. – Gamboa

@Gamboa you are right. It is not visible. It is in /Users/Ramisetti/.sdkman/candidates/groovy. Thank you. – Bullhorn

Whenever you have this problem, use the which shell command. which groovy will tell you the answer – Shippen

I suggest you don't use current in the project config in IntelliJ as that will change which GDK it points to over time. Rather use /Users/<username>/.sdkman/candidates/groovy/<version> for the specific version your project needs. – Lanettelaney

Answer 1

I ran into similar issue. By using

/Users/<username/.sdkman/candidates/groovy/current 

or

/Users/<username/.sdkman/candidates/groovy/<version>

worked for me.

Landloper

<cmd><shift><.> allows you to pick the hidden folder in the open dialog box. – Salpinx

CMD+SHIFT+G also appears to work and was the solution recommended by JetBrains. – Men

Answer 2

Adding the answer that solved my problem (thanks to ThomasW comment)

When dialog box is opened you can click CMDSHIFT. and this allows you to pick the hidden folder in the open dialog box.

Then you can use:

/Users/<username>/.sdkman/candidates/groovy/current 

Psychokinesis

@Downvoter, any helpful explanation to improve the answer? – Psychokinesis

Answer 3

Just run $ which groovy after have it installed.

Debbidebbie

Answer 4

You may not be able to find groovy path with which command. After installation of sdkman on linux-like systems Mac OSX, Linux, Cygwin, Solaris and FreeBSD,
First, run $ source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh", then you will be able to access the installed development kits.

Namely, if you type 'which groovy' it should show the path, and you can invoke other SDK commands.

Deadeye