[FIXED] gradle Could not target platform: 'Java SE 11' using tool chain: 'JDK 8 (1.8)'

Issue

• I'm building ghidra according to the installation guide. Everything goes fine Until I get href="https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/master/DevGuide.md#building-ghidra" rel="noreferrer">here.
• Once I call $ gradle buildGhidra I get the following error:

> Could not target platform: 'Java SE 11' using tool chain: 'JDK 8 (1.8)'

This seems weird because I do have java 11:

$ java --version
openjdk 11.0.8 2020-07-14
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.8+10-post-Ubuntu-0ubuntu118.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.8+10-post-Ubuntu-0ubuntu118.04.1, mixed mode, sharing)

What am I missing?

Solution

• It turns out that gradle was after all the one to blame.
• Probably similar to this post, I upgraded to gradle-6.7.
• Then, calling gradle-6.7 --version, without any JAVA_HOME change whatsoever, I got:

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Gradle 6.7-rc-3
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Build time:   2020-09-30 19:16:51 UTC
Revision:     836e96a80625c9c48b612e662e3b13bd2e2f4c3b

Kotlin:       1.3.72
Groovy:       2.5.12
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.8 compiled on May 10 2020
JVM:          11.0.8 (Ubuntu 11.0.8+10-post-Ubuntu-0ubuntu118.04.1)
OS:           Linux 5.4.0-48-generic amd64

Which probably "proves" gradle is indeed the one to blame

Answered By - OrenIshShalom
Answer Checked By - Senaida (JavaFixing Volunteer)