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title: Install Apache Groovy Programming Language on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Apache Groovy Programming Language for Linux
  - The Apache Groovy programming language - A multi-faceted language for the Java
  platform
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# Apache Groovy Programming Language (groovy)

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latest/stable 3.0.4

Install latest/stable of Apache Groovy Programming Language

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install groovy --classic
```

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### Package name

* groovy

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 22 May 2020 - latest/stable
* 22 May 2020 - 2.5/stable

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [groovy-lang.org](https://groovy-lang.org "https://groovy-lang.org")

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### Contact

* [groovy-lang.org](https://groovy-lang.org/support.html "https://groovy-lang.org/support.html")

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### Command › Alias

* groovy.groovyc › groovyc
* groovy.groovysh › groovysh
* groovy.groovydoc › groovydoc
* [Show more](https://snapcraft.io/groovy "Display more/less aliases")

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/groovy#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/groovy#tab-security)

#### The Apache Groovy programming language - A multi-faceted language for the Java platform

**What is Groovy?**

Apache Groovy is a powerful, multi-paradigm programming language for the Java platform aimed at improving developer productivity thanks to a concise, familiar and easy to learn syntax. It integrates smoothly with any Java libraries, and delivers powerful enhancements and productivity features, including scripting capabilities, Domain-Specific Language authoring, runtime and compile-time meta-programming and functional programming.

**Why use Groovy?**

Groovy is like a super version of Java:

* It supports most Java syntax but allows simpler syntax for many constructs
* It supports all Java libraries but provides many extensions and its own productivity libraries
* It has a dynamic nature like Python, which means that it is very powerful, easy to learn, and productive
* It optionally has a static nature like Java and Kotlin, which makes it fast and provides extra type checking when desired
* It has first-class functional, stream processing and immutability support, meaning that it offers features similar to Scala and can offer many advantages when working in parallel processing or clustered environments
* It has great extensibility for the language and tooling
* It is free and open source and has a large community of users and developers around the world.

**Requirements**

Groovy 2.5.x (3.0.x) requires Java 7 (8) or a later runtime environment to be installed. Depending on what you are planning to do, you may need a Java Development Kit rather than just a Java Runtime Environment.

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## Install Apache Groovy Programming Language on your Linux distribution

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