Installing SDKMAN! on UNIX is a breeze. It effortlessly sets up on macOS, Linuxand Windows (with WSL). Plus, it's compatible with both Bash and ZSH shells.

Just launch a new terminal and type in:

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

Follow the on-screen instructions to wrap up the installation. Afterward, open anew terminal or run the following in the same shell:

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

Lastly, run the following snippet to confirm the installation's success:

sdk version

You should see output containing the latest script and native versions:

SDKMAN!
script:5.19.0
native:0.5.0

Windows installation​

For Windows, there are two installation routes:

1. WSL Approach: Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) before attemptingSDKMAN installation. A basic toolset (bash, zip, unzip, curl) is necessary.Most times, it works out of the box.
2. Git Bash Solution: If you use Git Bash for Windows, you'll need tosupplement it with MinGW to have the required toolset for SDKMAN. There aresome issues with this approach, but it works for the most part.

Beta channel​

To leave the beta channel, simply setsdkman_beta_channel to false in~/.sdkman/etc/config, then run:

sdk selfupdate force

Uninstallation​

Here is how you go about removing SDKMAN! from your system:

1. Optionally backup and then remove the installation:

   tar zcvf ~/sdkman-backup_$(date +%F-%kh%M).tar.gz-C ~/ .sdkman
   rm-rf ~/.sdkman
   

2. Remove initialization snippet from your shell configs. Edit and remove theinitialisation snippet from your.bashrc,.bash_profile and/or.profilefiles. If you use ZSH, remove it from the.zshrc file. The snippet of codeto be removed looks something like this:

   #THIS MUST BE AT THE END OF THE FILE FOR SDKMAN TO WORK!!!
   [[-s"/home/dudette/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"]]&&source"/home/dudette/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
   

   Once removed, you have successfully uninstalled SDKMAN! from your machine.

Install to a custom location​

Lastly, if you want to install SDKMAN! in a custom location, like/usr/local/sdkman, make sure you have full access rights and that the folderdoesn't exist. ExportSDKMAN_DIR before installing:

exportSDKMAN_DIR="/usr/local/sdkman"&&curl-s"https://get.sdkman.io"|bash

Install without modifying shell config​

And for installs on CI where shell config modification isn't appropriate, addrcupdate=false as a parameter when downloading the installer:

curl-s"https://get.sdkman.io?rcupdate=false"|bash

That's all there is to it! Now let's dive intoUsage.