Register JDK in locations searched by gradle and other tools

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, powershell
Domain
build-system, devtools

Research direction

Start by reviewing the Scoop Java manifests and how installed JDK paths are exposed to tools such as Gradle. Compare the proposed ~/.jdks symlink layout with the alternative ~/.m2/toolchains.xml approach, then verify that installed JDKs are discoverable through the intended mechanism.

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Description

It would be nice if gradle and other Java tools could find JDKs installed by scoop.

The easiest solution is to link them under ~/.jdks/ where Intellij is normally installing them.

e.g. ln -s ~/scoop/apps/openjdk21/21.0.1-12 ~/.jdks/openjdk-21.0.1

Another much more complicated option would to to register them in ~/.m2/toolchains.xml.

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