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and ++ on `gradlew`.  I guess I could have tried downloading gradle-5.0 and running that instead.  Gradle 5.2.1 and 5.4.1 definitely fail the same way, though

The whole point of the wrapper is to ensure you build the project the same way as everyone else on the project, and therefore increased reliability of the build.

Generally speaking, negates any need to have Gradle installed locally.

The wrapper also caches the downloads, so if you start another project that uses the same version, you don’t have to wait for a download. I just occasionally clean out the ~/gradle/wrapper folder of older versions, but that’s not necessary unless you’re HD restricted.