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How to Switch Between Java Versions in Ubuntu (www.fosslinux.com)
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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 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.