SDKMAN! is a tool for managing parallel versions of multiple Software Development Kits on Unix-based systems. It’s useful for installing multiple versions of Java, Maven, Spring Initializer, etc.

Steps to install SDKMAN!

  1. sudo apt install -y unzip zip curl

    Installs curl, unzip, and zip.

    • The curl tool is required to download the installation script.
    • The unzip and zip tools are used in the installation script.
  2. curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash

    Downloads and executes the installation script.

  3. source ~/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh

    Completes the installation.

More details

To check the SDKMAN! version, run:

sdk version