With more and more Java releases coming up, it’ll be more interesting to manage multiple Java installations on your local environment. Different projects may require different Java versions.
The jenv project is a convenient way how to manage Java installations. It can setup local Java installations on global, directory and shell level and uses easy-to-remember Java version identifiers:
$> jenv versions 11 12.0 13.0 1.8 * 1.8.0.152 9.0 9.0.4 openj9-jdk-12.0.1 openj9-jdk-13.0.1 openjdk64-11.0.2 openjdk64-12.0.1 openjdk64-13.0.1 oracle64-1.8.0.152 oracle64-9.0.4 # switch to JDK 13 globally $> jenv global 13.0 # switch to JDK 9 locally $> cd project/ $> jenv local 9.0 $> java -version java version "9.0.4" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.4+11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.4+11, mixed mode) $> cd .. && java -version openjdk version "13.0.1" 2019-10-15 OpenJDK Runtime Environment AdoptOpenJDK (build 13.0.1+9) Eclipse OpenJ9 VM AdoptOpenJDK (build openj9-0.17.0, ...)
Jenv stores the local Java version in a .java-version file.
Jenvs works by declaring wrapper java binaries that direct to the corresponding installation based on the context.
Shell scripts can also set a specific version via the JENV_VERSION environment variable:
#!/bin/bash JENV_VERSION='13.0' # will use JDK 13 java -version
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I’m Elena gillbert.jEnv is a command line tool to help you forget how to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. So, while it doesn’t install different versions of Java, jEnv makes it much easier to manage the versions already on your machine (like those installed by jabba). Just a note that, unfortunately for Windows users, it is not currently cross-platform.