Including a jar using gradle

Question

How do you do the equivalent of adding a jar to the classpath when using gradle?

I have been searching and reading the doc but i cannot get it to compile.

Edit: As pointed out below there is in fact a previous question about this very issue.

Answer 1

If you plan later to switch to a real repository, you can define a repository in local library folder first following similar conventions as any other Maven repo uses:

repositories {
  flatDir name: "local-lib", dirs: "$projectDir/lib"
}

dependencies {    
  compile ':avalon-framework-api:4.3.1'
  compile ':avalon-framework-impl:4.3.1'
}

lib folder content:

avalon-framework-api-4.3.1.jar 
avalon-framework-impl-4.3.1.jar