java - Gradle build doesn't download dependencies

Question

After running gradle build in the root directory of my web app, the spring security dependency declared in build.gradle does not get downloaded.

here is my build.gradle

/*
 * This build file was auto generated by running the Gradle 'init' task
 * by 'hombod' at '7/19/16 4:19 PM' with Gradle 2.14.1
 *
 * This generated file contains a commented-out sample Java project to get you started.
 * For more details take a look at the Java Quickstart chapter in the Gradle
 * user guide available at https://docs.gradle.org/2.14.1/userguide/tutorial_java_projects.html
 */


// Apply the java plugin to add support for Java
apply plugin: 'java'

// In this section you declare where to find the dependencies of your project
repositories {
    // Use 'jcenter' for resolving your dependencies.
    // You can declare any Maven/Ivy/file repository here.
    jcenter()
    mavenCentral()
}

// In this section you declare the dependencies for your production and test code
dependencies {
    // The production code uses the SLF4J logging API at compile time
    compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.21'

    // Declare the dependency for your favourite test framework you want to use in your tests.
    // TestNG is also supported by the Gradle Test task. Just change the
    // testCompile dependency to testCompile 'org.testng:testng:6.8.1' and add
    // 'test.useTestNG()' to your build script.
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    
    compile 'org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:4.1.1.RELEASE'
}

instead, I just get this message

:compileJava UP-TO-DAT
:processResources UP-T
:classes UP-TO-DATE
:jar UP-TO-DATE
:assemble UP-TO-DATE
:compileTestJava UP-TO
:processTestResources
:testClasses UP-TO-DAT
:test UP-TO-DATE
:check UP-TO-DATE
:build UP-TO-DATE

This is a spring mvc web app that I ran the gradle init command in

Answer 1

System caches the dependent jars so it won't be downloaded again and again.

If your goal is to just see the downloads of the dependencies then you can force it to redownload.

Remove any dependency caches stored locally [1]

$ rm -rf ~/.gradle/caches/

Then restart your build

$ gradlew clean build

You could also force a dependency update with [2]

$ gradlew --refresh-dependencies

[1]https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_management.html#sec:dependency_cache
[2]https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_management.html#sub:cache_refresh