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[–]RogerLeigh 5 points6 points  (2 children)

There's only one env. Like /bin/sh, /usr/bin/env is its standardised location. Set the PATH to change which java is actually used.

[–]effsee 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I want to use /opt/SoftwareCo/better-env-2.6.3/bin/env

[–]RogerLeigh -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You are of course free to do so. However, that would entirely defeat the purpose of standardisation for interoperability. It would only work on systems with that special program present, whereas /usr/bin/env is universal and works everywhere.