title: "Could not run phased build action using connection to Gradle distribution"
body: <p>I'm having various Gradle problems after a new clean Eclipse install.
  They seem to be associated w/ this &quot;Problem&quot; message:</p>
  <pre><code>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.&lt;init&gt;(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
  </code></pre>
  <p>I've already tried deleting .gradle &amp; &quot;Gradle-&gt;Refresh Gradle Project&quot;.
  I've also tried this:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32887623/errorcould-not-run-build-action-using-gradle-installation-gradle-2-4-android">stackoverflow</a></p>
  <p>My Java install is clean:</p>
  <pre><code>java version &quot;16.0.1&quot; 2021-04-20
  </code></pre>
  <p>&amp; confirmed Eclipse is pointing to it (&quot;Preferences-&gt;Java-&gt;Installed JREs&quot;).</p>
  <p>Installation details:</p>
  <pre><code>Buildship: Eclipse Plug-ins for Gradle  3.1.5.v20210113-0929
  Eclipse IDE for Java Developers 4.20.0.20210612-1200    
  </code></pre>
  <p>Windows 10.</p>
  <p>Eclipse Install Err Log:</p>
  <pre><code>!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'.
  </code></pre>