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Chapter 3. Selecting an installed Red Hat build of OpenJDK version for a specific application

Some applications require a specific Red Hat build of OpenJDK version to run. If multiple versions of Red Hat build of OpenJDK are installed on the system using the yum package manager or portable bundle, you can select a Red Hat build of OpenJDK version for each application where necessary by setting the value of the JAVA_HOME environment variable or using a wrapper script.

Prerequisites

  • Multiple versions of Red Hat build of OpenJDK installed on the machine.
  • Ensure that the application you want to run is installed.

Procedure

  1. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. For example, if Red Hat build of OpenJDK 17 was installed using yum:

    $ JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk

    Note

    The symbolic link java-17-openjdk is controlled by the alternatives command.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Launch the application using the default, system-wide configuration. 

      $ mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.5.4 (Red Hat 3.5.4-5)
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 11.0.9, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.9.10-0.el8_0.x86_644/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.18.0-144.el8.x86_64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
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    • Launch the application specifying the JAVA_HOME variable: 

      $ JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-17.0.0.0.35-4.el8.x86_64/ mvn --version

Apache Maven 3.5.4 (Red Hat 3.5.4-5)
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 17, vendor: Red Hat, Inc., runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-17.0.0.0.35-4.el8.x86_64
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4.x86_64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
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