Using v2.9.2.xx-201707132012-e47 with build 20170620-1800 running on java-8-openjdk-amd64 (8u131-b11-1~bpo8+1), I'm not able to run any project using Run As Groovy Shell (see stack trace under).
I've been trying to add this jar everywhere I could without success :-(
Maybe related to 06cd163 ?

!ENTRY org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core 4 0 2017-07-14 15:21:26.700
!MESSAGE Error getting extra classpath elements to launch
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Could not find jline-*.jar on the class path. Please add it manually
at org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.launchers.GroovyShellLaunchDelegate.getPathTo(GroovyShellLaunchDelegate.java:64)
at org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.core.launchers.GroovyShellLaunchDelegate.getExtraClasspathElements(GroovyShellLaunchDelegate.java:54)
at org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.launchers.GroovyShellLaunchShortcut.launchGroovy(GroovyShellLaunchShortcut.java:119)
at org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.launchers.GroovyShellLaunchShortcut.launch(GroovyShellLaunchShortcut.java:84)
at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.launchConfigurations.LaunchShortcutExtension.launch(LaunchShortcutExtension.java:431)
at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.LaunchShortcutAction.runInternal(LaunchShortcutAction.java:85)
at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.LaunchShortcutAction.runWithEvent(LaunchShortcutAction.java:135)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:565)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.lambda$4(ActionContributionItem.java:397)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:86)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:5252)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1348)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1374)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1357)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:1142)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.lambda$8(ActionContributionItem.java:1257)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:86)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:5252)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1348)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4522)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:4107)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1155)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:336)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1044)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:153)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:680)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:336)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:594)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:148)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:151)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:388)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:243)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:653)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:590)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1499)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1472)