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How to Switch Between Java Versions in Ubuntu (www.fosslinux.com)

submitted 1 year ago by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@discuss.tchncs.de

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[–] smay@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t have much experience with Java but my solution to this issue was to make a symlink called java8 and a symlink called java16 to run the two concurrently without needing to remember various commands to change versions. It’s worked pretty well so far.

[–] Mattol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Could also use Nix as package manager on Ubuntu. It does essentially what you say (symlinking) with guaranteed isolated dependency graphs.