# How to debug gradle/plugins in eclipse

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-debug-gradle-plugins-in-eclipse/4348>\
**Category:** Old Forum Archive\
**Created:** [November 16, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-debug-gradle-plugins-in-eclipse/4348 "2011-11-16T10:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Damokles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/damokles/32/9342_2.png) [@Damokles](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Damokles)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-debug-gradle-plugins-in-eclipse/4348/1 "2011-11-16T10:56:00Z")

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Could you give me some hints on how to configure eclipse to be able to debug gradle or a plugin while building?

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**Author:** ![bmuschko1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/bmuschko1/32/7194_2.png) [@bmuschko1](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/bmuschko1)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-debug-gradle-plugins-in-eclipse/4348/2 "2011-11-24T15:21:00Z")

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You could add remote debugging JVM parameters to GRADLE\_OPTS:

```gradle
-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005

```

In Eclipse you’d then connect to the port you set up like [this](http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.jdt.doc.user%2Fconcepts%2Fcremdbug.htm).

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**Author:** ![iceback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@iceback](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/iceback)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-to-debug-gradle-plugins-in-eclipse/4348/3 "2014-08-02T00:30:00Z")

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I wonder if the OP was as disappointed with this answer as I?