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how to set different versions of java to different users in Linux for example if we login as root then the default java version must be jre-1.8.141 and if we login as the normal user say (rob) then the default java version should be jre-1.8.144.

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    It is quite trivial. Add this to the user .bashrc file

    export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/javaXYZdir export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH

    Mind XYZ.

    This assumes user shell is bash.

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