Use dockerized java easily, instead of running java on host. Keeps gradle cached packages in a mapped volume.

jvm

#!/bin/bash

SUDO=${SUDO:-sudo}
IMAGE=${IMAGE:-openjdk:8-jre-stretch}
PARAMS="$@"

if [[ ! ${PARAMS} ]]; then
    PARAMS="exit 1"
fi

exec ${SUDO} docker run --rm --name djvm \
  -i \
  -t \
  -v $(pwd):/build \
  -v $(dirname ~/.gradle/dirname_suffix):/root/.gradle \
  ${IMAGE} \
  /bin/bash -c "cd /build && $PARAMS"

When there will be a false lock:

rm ~/.gradle/caches/*/*.lock