"Could not run phased build action using connection to Gradle distribution" - eclipse

Question

I'm having various Gradle problems after a new clean Eclipse install.
They seem to be associated w/ this "Problem" message:
Could not run phased build action using connection to Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1.1-bin.zip'.
Initialization script 'Z:\eclipse-workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.buildship.core\init.d\eclipsePlugin.gradle'
Could not compile initialization script 'Z:\eclipse-workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.buildship.core\init.d\eclipsePlugin.gradle'.
startup failed:
General error during semantic analysis: Unsupported class file major version 60
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 60
at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:196)
.....
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:56)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:831)
1 error
I've already tried deleting .gradle & "Gradle->Refresh Gradle Project".
I've also tried this:
stackoverflow
My Java install is clean:
java version "16.0.1" 2021-04-20
& confirmed Eclipse is pointing to it ("Preferences->Java->Installed JREs").
Installation details:
Buildship: Eclipse Plug-ins for Gradle 3.1.5.v20210113-0929
Eclipse IDE for Java Developers 4.20.0.20210612-1200
Windows 10.
Eclipse Install Err Log:
!ENTRY org.eclipse.buildship.core 2 2 2021-07-09 11:22:05.951
!MESSAGE Initialize project testgradleprj failed due to an error in the referenced Gradle build.
!STACK 0
org.gradle.tooling.BuildException: Could not execute build using connection to Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1.1-bin.zip'.

Answer 1

Gradle 6.8 does not work with Java 16.
Java 16 supported starting with Gradle 7
"In previous Gradle versions, running Gradle itself on Java 16 resulted in an error."
https://docs.gradle.org/7.0/release-notes.html#java-16

Answer 2

Thanks to LMC. I changed the project prefs->Gradle from Wrapper to Specific=7.1.1 :

Answer 3

I have updated my gradle-warpper.properties file with
distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.4.1-bin.zip
from
distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.2-bin.zip
and refresh the gradlew project in eclipse. It's build successfull
Note : Java 11 version is installed in my machine

Answer 4

Change your gradle.properties file
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.0.2-all.zip
And build.gradle file
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.0'
}

Answer 5

In my case, it was because Eclipse was running upon a JVM that was different from the one used by my local Gradle.
I edited the eclipse.ini file so that Eclipse would run on the same JVM as my local Gradle (i.e. the one pointed by JAVA_HOME) and it worked!