Could not load Gradle version information

copied from https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/issues/1462#issuecomment-407154201
Reported by @SevastianGioanca who cannot get the gradle installed.

java version 1.8.0_181
Ubuntu 18.04
Linux & Java newbie here...I'm having the same problem with the tutorial. I noticed the following pops up in the OUTPUT view (Language Support for Java) when first loading the project in VS Code:
``[Warn - 9:07:20 PM] Jul 23, 2018 9:07:19 PM Could not load Gradle version information
Cannot download published Gradle versions.
org.gradle.api.UncheckedIOException: Cannot download published Gradle versions.
at com.gradleware.tooling.toolingutils.distribution.PublishedGradleVersions.downloadVersionInformation(PublishedGradleVersions.java:175)
at com.gradleware.tooling.toolingutils.distribution.PublishedGradleVersions.tryToDownloadAndCacheVersions(PublishedGradleVersions.java:159)
at com.gradleware.tooling.toolingutils.distribution.PublishedGradleVersions.create(PublishedGradleVersions.java:119)
at org.eclipse.buildship.core.util.gradle.PublishedGradleVersionsWrapper$LoadVersionsJob.run(PublishedGradleVersionsWrapper.java:66)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:60)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:208)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1964)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1921)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.handleException(SSLSocketImpl.java:1904)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1420)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1397)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:559)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1564)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1492)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:263)
at com.gradleware.tooling.toolingutils.distribution.PublishedGradleVersions.downloadVersionInformation(PublishedGradleVersions.java:172)
... 4 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.(PKIXValidator.java:91)
at sun.security.validator.Validator.getInstance(Validator.java:181)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.getValidator(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:312)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrustedInit(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:171)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:184)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:124)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1596)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:216)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:1052)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:987)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1072)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1385)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1413)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
at java.security.cert.PKIXParameters.setTrustAnchors(PKIXParameters.java:200)
at java.security.cert.PKIXParameters.(PKIXParameters.java:120)
at java.security.cert.PKIXBuilderParameters.(PKIXBuilderParameters.java:104)
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.(PKIXValidator.java:89)
... 23 more

[Error - 9:07:21 PM] Jul 23, 2018 9:07:19 PM Initialization failed
Could not install Gradle distribution from 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-bin.zip'.
org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not install Gradle distribution from 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-bin.zip'.
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DistributionFactory$ZippedDistribution.getToolingImplementationClasspath(DistributionFactory.java:137)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.CachingToolingImplementationLoader.create(CachingToolingImplementationLoader.java:40)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.create(SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.java:43)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.onStartAction(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:101)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.run(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:83)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.CancellableConsumerActionExecutor.run(CancellableConsumerActionExecutor.java:45)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.run(ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.java:58)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.run(RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.java:38)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.async.DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor$1$1.run(DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor.java:55)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.BlockingResultHandler.getResult(BlockingResultHandler.java:46)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultModelBuilder.get(DefaultModelBuilder.java:50)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultProjectConnection.getModel(DefaultProjectConnection.java:41)
at org.eclipse.buildship.core.workspace.internal.ConnectionAwareLauncherProxy.newModelBuilder(ConnectionAwareLauncherProxy.java:64)
at org.eclipse.buildship.core.workspace.internal.DefaultModelProvider.fetchModel(DefaultModelProvider.java:68)
at org.eclipse.buildship.core.workspace.internal.DefaultModelProvider.supportsCompositeBuilds(DefaultModelProvider.java:165)
at org.eclipse.buildship.core.workspace.internal.DefaultModelProvider.fetchModels(DefaultModelProvider.java:75)
at org.eclipse.buildship.core.workspace.internal.DefaultModelProvider.fetchEclipseGradleProjects(DefaultModelProvider.java:99)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.GradleProjectImporter.startSynchronization(GradleProjectImporter.java:152)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.GradleProjectImporter.importDir(GradleProjectImporter.java:99)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.GradleProjectImporter.lambda$0(GradleProjectImporter.java:91)
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)
at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableCollection.forEach(Collections.java:1080)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.GradleProjectImporter.importToWorkspace(GradleProjectImporter.java:91)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.ProjectsManager.importProjects(ProjectsManager.java:132)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.ProjectsManager.access$1(ProjectsManager.java:126)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.ProjectsManager$2.run(ProjectsManager.java:120)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.BatchOperation.executeOperation(BatchOperation.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaModelOperation.run(JavaModelOperation.java:733)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2289)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:2316)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore.run(JavaCore.java:5733)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore.run(JavaCore.java:5690)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.managers.ProjectsManager.initializeProjects(ProjectsManager.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.InitHandler$1.runInWorkspace(InitHandler.java:217)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:39)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:60)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:208)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1964)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1921)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.handleException(SSLSocketImpl.java:1904)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1420)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1397)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:559)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1564)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1492)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:263)
at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.downloadInternal(Download.java:66)
at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.download(Download.java:51)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DistributionInstaller$1.run(DistributionInstaller.java:128)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.(PKIXValidator.java:91)
at sun.security.validator.Validator.getInstance(Validator.java:181)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.getValidator(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:312)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrustedInit(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:171)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:184)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:124)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1596)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:216)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:1052)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:987)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1072)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1385)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1413)
... 9 more
Caused by: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
at java.security.cert.PKIXParameters.setTrustAnchors(PKIXParameters.java:200)
at java.security.cert.PKIXParameters.(PKIXParameters.java:120)
at java.security.cert.PKIXBuilderParameters.(PKIXBuilderParameters.java:104)
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.(PKIXValidator.java:89)
... 21 more

Reproduisez la configuration d’Ubuntu 18.04 et de Java 8, puis suivez l’importation Gradle via GradleProjectImporter ainsi que le téléchargement de la version publiée indiqué dans la stack trace. Confirmez que le projet s’initialise et que la distribution Gradle se charge sans l’erreur trustAnchors.