Gradle Could not create service of type ScriptPluginFactory

Error

Could not create service of type ScriptPluginFactory using BuildScopeServices.createScriptPluginFactory().

Detailed exception

[jj@184fc3b978cc bigtop]$ ./gradlew clean

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Could not create service of type ScriptPluginFactory using BuildScopeServices.createScriptPluginFactory().
> Could not create service of type CrossBuildFileHashCache using BuildSessionScopeServices.createCrossBuildFileHashCache().

* Try:
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BUILD FAILED in 0s

Solution

The directory where code was there was owned by root:root

Change the ownership back to your user and it should work