Install JavaFx 11 in Linux

Hello internet! Today we’ll see how to install JavaFx 11 in Linux. This is the easiest way that I’ve found.

Install SDKMAN

SDKMAN is a package manager, just like python pip or php composer, but for java. Fire up your terminal, head over to their website and follow the instructions precisely to install sdkman. Here are the instructions for your convenience:

$ curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash
$ source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
$ sdk version

Install JavaFx

In your terminal, type :

$ sdk list java

This will show you a list of tentative candidates along with their corresponding version number. In my case, I can see somethig like this:

               |     | 7.0.232      | zulu    |            | 7.0.232-zulu        
               |     | 6.0.119      | zulu    |            | 6.0.119-zulu        
 Azul ZuluFX   |     | 11.0.2       | zulufx  |            | 11.0.2-zulufx       
               |     | 8.0.202      | zulufx  |            | 8.0.202-zulufx      
 BellSoft      |     | 12.0.2       | librca  |            | 12.0.2-librca       
               |     | 11.0.4       | librca  |            | 11.0.4-librca  

The important thing is to look for the FX suffix. So in this case at the time of writing, we have Azul ZuluFX with the FX suffix. So I’ll be going with that. But you should select the one that you see.

$ sdk install java 11.0.2-zulufx

And that’s it! You are all good to go! Fire up your favourite IDE and build awesome JavaFX apps!