halcyon / asdf-java

asdf-java Java plugin for the asdf version manager. Requirements • bash v5.0 • curl • sha256sum (only on Linux) • unzip • jq (only for updating the release data) Install Use Check asdf for instructions on how to install & manage versions of Java. Install List candidate JDKs: Install a candidate listed from the previous command like this: Setting a version Select an installed candidate for use like this: or just for the local directory Latest If you just want the latest of a major version (without worrying about the patch number), install it like this: Similarly, you can set the global/local version. The latest tag will resolve to the most recent version. Running will result in the following: JAVA_HOME To set in your shell's initialization add the following: For zsh shell, instead use: For fish shell, instead use: For nushell shell, instead use: For xonsh shell, instead use: macOS integration Some applications in macOS use to set java home. Setting to yes on file enables this integration. _Note: Not all distributions of Java JDK packages offer this integration (e.g. liberica). This option only works for packages that **do offer** that integration._ Apple Silicon integration If you have an Apple Silicon mac, then you can choose to run either an JVM natively, or an JVM under Rosetta translation. If you run the command , it will print either (which means you are running natively) or (which means you are running under Rosetta translation). When you run , it lists only the VMs which are available for the architecture you are currently running under. To switch your terminal from native ARM to Rosetta use .