I used gradle build command in Centos 7 terminal and I got output:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
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I got the same error, got rid of it by using the correct version of Java / JDK. I was trying to build a Java 8 project with the Java 11 JDK. Check which version of Java JDK you are using.
To develop projects with different Java versions in parallel I now use jEnv to manage the different JDK versions: http://www.jenv.be/