sdkman does not provide more java candidates on Apple Silicon M1

Question

I'm trying to install a different version of java amzn on macOS Apple Silicon M1 but it's no other candidate available than the listed ones:

Would it be possible to get extra candidates?

Answer 1

tl;dr

Ask your vendor of choice to publish their product via SDKMAN using simple REST API or Gradle/Maven plugin.

To refresh the list of products, run the update command.

sdk update

You asked:

install a different version of java amzn on macOS Apple Silicon

I see Amazon offering four releases of Corretto for Macs with Apple Silicon:

• 18
• 18.0.1
• 17.0.3.6.1
• 17.0.2.8.1

Details

As I understand it, the way SDKMAN works is that a vendor chooses to publish their releases via that avenue. If you want a product from a vendor not currently listed, ask that vendor to make their product available via SDKMAN.

To quote the SDKMAN web site:

SDKMAN! is unique in that it empowers SDK Vendors to publish their candidate releases on our platform. We provide a secure API that can be used to manage all aspects of a release on SDKMAN!. Such aspects include Releasing a new version, setting an existing version as Default (Stable) and Announcing the release on the SDKMAN! CLI broadcast and Twitter feed.

The process seems quite simple. See the Vendors page of the SDKMAN web site.

• SDKMAN makes available a JSON REST API by which a vendor supplies their release information.
• If the vendor prefers not to mess with cURL or HttpClient, they may alternatively choose to use the plugins for Gradle or Maven as the way to publish their new build.

As of 2022-04, the list of product offerings on SDKMAN for the Java platform on Macs with Apple Silicon has grown in just these last two months. When I run sdk list java, I get eight vendors offering various products that include:

• Current version 18.0.1
• All three LTS versions (8, 11, 17)
• Early-access version of Java 19.

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Available Java Versions for macOS ARM 64bit
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 Vendor        | Use | Version      | Dist    | Status     | Identifier
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Corretto      |     | 18           | amzn    |            | 18-amzn             
               | >>> | 18.0.1       | amzn    | installed  | 18.0.1-amzn         
               |     | 17.0.3.6.1   | amzn    |            | 17.0.3.6.1-amzn     
               |     | 17.0.2.8.1   | amzn    |            | 17.0.2.8.1-amzn     
 Java.net      |     | 19.ea.19     | open    |            | 19.ea.19-open       
               |     | 19.ea.18     | open    |            | 19.ea.18-open       
               |     | 19.ea.5.lm   | open    |            | 19.ea.5.lm-open     
               |     | 18           | open    |            | 18-open             
               |     | 18.0.1       | open    |            | 18.0.1-open         
               |     | 17.0.2       | open    |            | 17.0.2-open         
 Liberica      |     | 18.fx        | librca  |            | 18.fx-librca        
               |     | 18.0.1.fx    | librca  |            | 18.0.1.fx-librca    
               |     | 18.0.1       | librca  |            | 18.0.1-librca       
               |     | 18           | librca  |            | 18-librca           
               |     | 17.0.3.fx    | librca  |            | 17.0.3.fx-librca    
               |     | 17.0.3       | librca  |            | 17.0.3-librca       
               |     | 17.0.2.fx    | librca  |            | 17.0.2.fx-librca    
               |     | 17.0.2       | librca  |            | 17.0.2-librca       
               |     | 11.0.15      | librca  |            | 11.0.15-librca      
               |     | 11.0.14      | librca  |            | 11.0.14-librca      
               |     | 8.0.332      | librca  |            | 8.0.332-librca      
               |     | 8.0.322      | librca  |            | 8.0.322-librca      
 Microsoft     |     | 17.0.2       | ms      |            | 17.0.2-ms           
               |     | 11.0.14      | ms      |            | 11.0.14-ms          
 Oracle        |     | 18.0.1       | oracle  |            | 18.0.1-oracle       
               |     | 18           | oracle  |            | 18-oracle           
               |     | 17.0.3       | oracle  |            | 17.0.3-oracle       
               |     | 17.0.2       | oracle  |            | 17.0.2-oracle       
 SapMachine    |     | 18           | sapmchn |            | 18-sapmchn          
               |     | 18.0.1       | sapmchn |            | 18.0.1-sapmchn      
               |     | 17.0.2       | sapmchn |            | 17.0.2-sapmchn      
 Temurin       |     | 18           | tem     |            | 18-tem              
               |     | 17.0.2       | tem     |            | 17.0.2-tem          
 Zulu          |     | 18           | zulu    |            | 18-zulu             
               |     | 18.fx        | zulu    |            | 18.fx-zulu          
               |     | 17.0.3       | zulu    |            | 17.0.3-zulu         
               |     | 17.0.2       | zulu    |            | 17.0.2-zulu         
               |     | 17.0.2.fx    | zulu    |            | 17.0.2.fx-zulu      
               |     | 11.0.15      | zulu    |            | 11.0.15-zulu        
               |     | 11.0.14      | zulu    |            | 11.0.14-zulu        
               |     | 8.0.332      | zulu    |            | 8.0.332-zulu        
               |     | 8.0.322      | zulu    |            | 8.0.322-zulu        
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