Download a Java distribution

Usage

java_download(
  version = 21,
  distribution = "Corretto",
  cache_path = getOption("rJavaEnv.cache_path"),
  platform = platform_detect()$os,
  arch = platform_detect()$arch,
  quiet = FALSE,
  temp_dir = FALSE
)

Arguments

version: Integer or character vector of length 1 for major version of Java to download or install. If not specified, defaults to the latest LTS version. Can be "8", "11", "17", "21", "22", or 8, 11, 17, 21, or 22.
distribution: The Java distribution to download. If not specified, defaults to "Amazon Corretto". Currently only "Amazon Corretto" is supported.
cache_path: The destination directory to download the Java distribution to. Defaults to a user-specific data directory.
platform: The platform for which to download the Java distribution. Defaults to the current platform.
arch: The architecture for which to download the Java distribution. Defaults to the current architecture.
quiet: A logical value indicating whether to suppress messages. Can be TRUE or FALSE.
temp_dir: A logical. Whether the file should be saved in a temporary directory. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

The path to the downloaded Java distribution file.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{

# download distribution of Java version 17
java_download(version = "17", temp_dir = TRUE)

# download default Java distribution (version 21)
java_download(temp_dir = TRUE)
} # }