SDKMAN Practice

SDKMAN Practice

http://sdkman.io/

https://github.com/sdkman

https://github.com/sdkman/sdkman-cli

Installation

Only requires curl and zip/unzip to be present on your system.

Simply open a new terminal and enter:

$ curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash

Next, open a new terminal or enter:

$ source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"

Lastly, run the following code snippet to ensure that installation succeeded:

$ sdk version

Usage

Help

You can get basic help by running the following command:

$ sdk help

Installing an SDK

Install the latest stable version of your SDK of choice (say, Java JDK) by running the following command:

$ sdk install java

Need a specific version of an SDK? Simply qualify the version you require:

$ sdk install scala 2.12.1

Remove Version

Remove an installed version.

$ sdk uninstall scala 2.11.6

List Candidates

To get a listing of available Candidates:

$ sdk list

List Versions

To get a listing of Candidate Versions:

$ sdk list groovy

Default Version

Chose to make a given version the default:

$ sdk default scala 2.11.6

This will ensure that all subsequent shells will start with version 2.11.6 in use.

Current Version(s)

To see what is currently in use for a Candidate:

$ sdk current java

To see what is currently in use for all Candidates:

$ sdk current

SDK Installation Candidates