but there's no RC12 which is mentioned here <https...

# detekt

[Jukka Siivonen]

but there's no RC12 which is mentioned here https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt

[mauin]

As described in https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt you'll have to add the URL for the Gradle Plugin portal

[Jukka Siivonen]

ok I think I got it now, had to also fix version syntax to use - instead .

[mauin]

Yes, the newer versions rely on the -

[Jukka Siivonen]

now I get

[Jukka Siivonen]

> Failed to apply plugin [id 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt']
   > Could not create an instance of type io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.extensions.DetektExtension_Decorated.
      > org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout.configurableFiles([Ljava/lang/Object;)Lorg/gradle/api/file/ConfigurableFileCollection;

[Jukka Siivonen]

using just

[Jukka Siivonen]

detekt {
    input = "src/main/kotlin"
    config = "detekt.yml"
}

[mauin]

Do you use Groovy or Kotlin for the build.gradle file?

[Jukka Siivonen]

Groovy

[Jukka Siivonen]

ok so you need Gradle 4.9

[Jukka Siivonen]

Can't make this work though

[Jukka Siivonen]

dependencies {
    detektPlugins "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-formatting:[version]"
}

[Jukka Siivonen]

Could not find method detektPlug() for arguments [io.gitlab.arturbosch.detektdetekt formatting1.0.0.RC12] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

[Jukka Siivonen]

ok i'ts working now