unable to resolve ssh class in gradle.build - gradle

Question

I am trying to invoke a custom groovy plugin from gradle build file. But I am getting the error while resolving the classes for ssh. Below is the build file, part of custom groovy plugin and the error.
build.gradle
plugins {
id 'org.sonarqube' version '2.0.1'
id 'groovy'
id 'org.hidetake.ssh' version'2.7.0'
}
dependencies {
compile gradleApi()
compile localGroovy()
}
CustPlugin.groovy
package com.nielsen.gradle
import org.slf4j.Logger
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import org.gradle.api.Project
import org.gradle.api.Plugin
import org.gradle.api.GradleException
import org.gradle.api.plugins.BasePlugin
import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip
import org.hidetake.groovy.ssh.Ssh.*
import org.hidetake.groovy.ssh.core.Service
import com.nielsen.gradle.cmRegistry.CMRegistryPlugin
Error
C:\Users\528302\Documents\gradle_all\projectf1>gradle build
:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:compileGroovy
startup failed:
C:\Users\528302\Documents\gradle_all\projectf1\src\main\groovy\com\nielsen\gradle\CustPlugin.groovy: 14: unable to resolve class org.hidetake.groovy.ssh.Ssh
# line 14, column 1.
import org.hidetake.groovy.ssh.Ssh
^
C:\Users\528302\Documents\gradle_all\projectf1\src\main\groovy\com\nielsen\gradle\CustPlugin.groovy: 15: unable to resolve class org.hidetake.groovy.ssh.core.Service
# line 15, column 1.
import org.hidetake.groovy.ssh.core.Service
^
C:\Users\528302\Documents\gradle_all\projectf1\src\main\groovy\com\nielsen\gradle\CustPlugin.groovy: 17: unable to resolve class com.nielsen.gradle.cmRegistry.CMRegi
stryPlugin
# line 17, column 1.
import com.nielsen.gradle.cmRegistry.CMRegistryPlugin
^
Please help resolving this...Thanks.

Answer 1

You are mixing two things. By using the plugins { } closure you are adding dependencies for the buildscript itself. But in this case the code you are building has a dependency on some library, not the buildscript.
Try to add the following into dependencies { }
compile group: 'org.hidetake', name: 'groovy-ssh', version: '2.8.0'
so you end up having
plugins {
id 'org.sonarqube' version '2.0.1'
id 'groovy'
id 'org.hidetake.ssh' version'2.7.0'
}
dependencies {
compile gradleApi()
compile localGroovy()
compile group: 'org.hidetake', name: 'groovy-ssh', version: '2.8.0'
}