install sdkman

installation

description
1. a tool
2. managing parallel versions of multiple software development kits
3. on most unix based systems
4. provides cli and api
5. installing, switching, removing, listing candidates
6. inspired by rvm and rbenv

install to default location

open a terminal and run

 $ curl -s get.sdkman.io | bash

 Thanks for using...


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                                                  Now attempting installation...

 Looking for a previous installation of SDKMAN...
 Looking for unzip...
 Looking for curl...
 Looking for sed...
 Installing SDKMAN scripts...
 Create distribution directories...
 Getting available candidates...
 Prime the config file...
 Download script archive...
 Extract script archive...
 Install scripts...
 Set version to 3.2.4 ...
 Attempt update of bash profiles...
 Updated existing /Users/hqlgree2/.bash_profile
 Created and initialised /Users/hqlgree2/.bashrc
 Attempt update of zsh profiles...
 Created and initialised /Users/hqlgree2/.zshrc



 All done!


 Please open a new terminal, or run the following in the existing one:

     source "/Users/hqlgree2/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"

 Then issue the following command:

     sdk help

 Enjoy!!!

open a new terminal

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

check to ensure

 $ sdk version

 ==== BROADCAST =================================================================
 * 03/12/15: Grails 3.0.10 released on SDKMAN! #grailsfw
 * 03/12/15: Grails 3.1.0.M3 released on SDKMAN! #grailsfw
 * 26/11/15: Maven 3.3.9 released on SDKMAN! #maven
 ================================================================================
 SDKMAN 3.2.4

install to a custom location

     $ export SDKMAN_DIR="/usr/local/sdkman" && curl -s get.sdkman.io | bash

usage

install

install the latest stable
```
 $ sdk install gradle
```
install specific version
```
 $ sdk install scala 2.11.7
```

install local version

 $ sdk install grails 3.1.0.SNAPSHOT /path/to/grails-3.1.0-SNAPSHOT

remove
```
     $ skd remove scala 2.11.6
```
list candidates
```
     $ sdk list
```

version

list versions
```
 $ sdk list groovy
```
use version
```
 $ sdk use scala 2.11.6
```
default version
```
 $ sdk default scala 2.11.6
```

current version(s)

 $ sdk current grails

 # all candidates
 $ sdk current

outdated version(s)
```
 $ sdk outdated
```

broadcast messages
```
     $ sdk broadcast
```

offline mode

     $ sdk offline enable

     $ sdk offline disable

self-update

     $ sdk selfupdate
     $ sdk selfupdate force

flush

candidates
```
 $ sdk flush candidates
```
broadcast
```
 $ sdk flush broadcast
```
archives
```
 $ sdk flush archives
```
temporary folder
```
 $ sdk flush temp
```