Error:org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.forProjectDirectory(Ljava/io/File;Ljava/lang/Appendable;)Lorg/gradle/wrapper/WrapperExecutor;

Question

I upgraded my Android Studio to version 2.3 and I began to get this error:

Error:org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.forProjectDirectory(Ljava/io/File;Ljava/lang/Appendable;)Lorg/gradle/wrapper/WrapperExecutor;

All my projects refused to build; both the ones using gradle 3.3 or any other version.

Before the update everything was working smoothly.

Please how do I fix this?

EDIT: SCreenshot

Answer 1

As with all experimental or newish linux builds, there are things that break. You need to make sure that both /opt/android-sdk and /opt/android-studio (if those are indeed still your paths) have root:users ownership and most files and directories need 775, others 755, and some files require 664 permissions. Of course you need to belong to users group. Listing every detail is, quite honestly and no offense, not worth the points. Best thing you can do to get it right is to create a virtual machine with the same ISO and check both ownerships and permissions after a fresh install. If you still get errors (most surely regarding install properties files), dig deep inside /opt/android-sdk and the component you are trying to install and change the file permission to 775.

Hope this helps you. I went through the same hassle just now.