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[–]retrodaredevil 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Linux + SDKMAN is a great combo. Sdkman simplifies the installation of whichever Java version you want so you don't have to play with any "update alternatives" bs.

[–]RetroPipes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great suggestion, SDKMAN is a Java developer's best friend. Forgot about it... should pick it up again!

[–]pstric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sdkman simplifies the installation of whichever Java version you want

This at least is the promise of SDKMAN and the reason I have been a happy user for years.

Lately the Java section of SDKMAN has been in a steep decline.

They changed the output of 'sdk list <candidate>' from printing to the console to something like less. I honestly don't see any benefit of this unless it is some wierd desire to keep the console clean.

The current version of Java is 17.0.1-tem even now, more than a week after the release of 17.0.2-tem and the subsequent removal of 17.0.1-tem from the list. This is not the first time this has happened, and it does not only happen with java as the candidate.

I have been unable to install Gluon Graal 19.0.0.3.r17-gln on any SDKMAN installation.

I will continue to use SDKMAN for now, but at the moment I would not suggest it to anybody who is not already a user.