How can I force gradle to redownload dependencies?

Question

How can I tell gradle to redownload dependencies from repositories?

Answer 1

Generally, you can refresh dependencies in your cache with the command line option --refresh-dependencies. You can also delete the cached files under ~/.gradle/caches. With the next build Gradle would attempt to download them again.

What is your specific use case? Do you use dynamic dependency versions or SNAPSHOT versions?

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On Unix systems, you can delete all the existing artifacts (artifacts and metadata) Gradle has downloaded using:

rm -rf $HOME/.gradle/caches/