Download and install and set Java in current working/project directory

Usage

java_quick_install(
  version = 21,
  distribution = "Corretto",
  project_path = NULL,
  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", and "11" to "24" (or the same version numbers in integer) or any newer version if it is available for the selected distribution. For macOS on aarch64 architecture (Apple Silicon) certain Java versions are not available.
distribution: The Java distribution to download. If not specified, defaults to "Amazon Corretto". Currently only "Amazon Corretto" is supported.
project_path: A character vector of length 1 containing the project directory where Java should be installed. If not specified or NULL, defaults to the current working 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

Invisibly returns the path to the Java home directory. If quiet is set to FALSE, also prints a message indicating that Java was installed and set in the current working/project directory.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{

# quick download, unpack, install and set in current working directory default Java version (21)
java_quick_install(17, temp_dir = TRUE)
} # }