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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Jenkins builds are failing due to "Cannot run program ./gradlew" error

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Matheus Monteiro

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Issue

  • Builds on Jenkins are failing due to the following error: 
    Cannot run program "./gradlew" (in directory "/var/jenkins_home/workspace/YOUR_REPO_NAME_master"): error=13, Permission denied

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Environment

  • Liferay PaaS
  • Jenkins image 3.2.8 or older

Resolution

  • On your local repository, in the root folder, please check the permissions of the file gradlew by using the command (if you are on Linux or mac): 
    ls -la
  • If you confirm that gradlew file does not have execute permissions, go ahead and change its permissions with: 
    chmod +x gradlew
  • Commit and build again
  • If the error still occurs (please make sure you are building based on the branch in which you modified the file permissions), please open a support ticket.  
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