Plugin gradle config: building downloads the same version

I didn't get it, what's the problem exactly?

The problem is everytime I do ' gradle build', it re-dlownloads the intellij distribution (of 400 MB). Shouldn't it be cached?

 how do you fixed it?

I have the same problems on my project. Gradle distribution get downloaded for every project, every time I refresh. All my 40 projects use the same stable gradle wrapper version number, but all 40 projects download its own copy several times.

@Francogpellegrini the thread is about downloading Intellij IDEA distribution, not about Gradle distribution.

Is it possible to specify a build version instead of ideaIC-LATEST-EAP-SNAPSHOT.zip ?

Where are the build versions listed?

> Where are the build versions listed?

As it's said in http://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/tutorials/build_system/prerequisites.html, you can find the list at https://www.jetbrains.com/intellij-repository/releases.

Thank you very much Alexander, 

Any hints: how can the build version be specified in the build.gradle?

I think I found it:

intellij { 
   version '182.3911.6' // see https://www.jetbrains.com/intellij-repository/releases 
   plugins 'coverage' //Bundled plugin dependencies 
   pluginName 'plugin_name_goes_here' 
}

I have the same issue, every day, the when i build, the initial build takes a few minutes downloading the snaphsot. I see this in the logs

Download https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/jetbrains.bintray.com/intellij-jbr/jbr-11_0_6-osx-x64-b765.40.tar.gz

and sometimes this

joseph@C02T9C7KGTFM securekit-ide-plugin % ./gradlew runIde
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 busy Daemon could not be reused, use --status for details
<-------------> 0% CONFIGURING [29s]
> > root project > Resolve files of :detachedConfiguration1 > ideaIC-193.6494.35.zip > 2.13 MB/540.60 MB downloaded

I have the following in the build.gradle to use the current installed version of intellij

intellij {
    version intellij.version
    type 'IC'
    plugins "android"
}

I did change it to match the version of intellij with

intellij {
    version '193.6494.35'
    type 'IC'
    plugins "android"
}

which is in the intellij installed on my machine but it still keeps downloading everyday.