How to install Kotlin-1.4-M2 on command line, so t...

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[Gopal S Akshintala]

How to install Kotlin-1.4-M2 on command line, so that kotlinc -version shows kotlinc-jvm 1.4-M2?

[deactivateduser]

Do you mean you already have kotlin 1.4-M2 installed but if you run kotlinc -version from terminal it doesnt show version 1.4-M2?

[Gopal S Akshintala]

No I hv only 1.3.72 installed. I used sdkman to install

[Gopal S Akshintala]

But I can't find anywhere how to upgrade to 1.4.m2

[Gopal S Akshintala]

@deactivateduser

[deactivateduser]

Hrm, seems like using sdk, it does not show preview version. I would guess it only provides release versions. Probably folks here know how to force it, I'm not quite sure for now.
================================================================================
Available Kotlin Versions
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> * 1.3.72 1.2.71 1.1.60 1.0.5-2
1.3.71 1.2.70 1.1.51 1.0.5
1.3.70 1.2.61 1.1.50 1.0.4
1.3.61 1.2.60 1.1.4-3 1.0.3
1.3.60 1.2.51 1.1.4-2 1.0.2
1.3.50 1.2.50 1.1.4 1.0.1-2
1.3.41 1.2.41 1.1.3-2 1.0.1-1
1.3.40 1.2.40 1.1.3 1.0.1
1.3.31 1.2.31 1.1.2-5 1.0.0
1.3.30 1.2.30 1.1.2-2
1.3.21 1.2.21 1.1.2
1.3.20 1.2.20 1.1.1
1.3.11 1.2.10 1.1
1.3.10 1.2.0 1.0.7
1.3.0 1.1.61 1.0.6

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+ - local version
* - installed
> - currently in use
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If you want to, you can download manually from here: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v1.4-M2 and then configure the PATH manually in your terminal.

[Gopal S Akshintala]

Thanks @deactivateduser, only problem with manual installation is we need to keep upgrading manually, wish there is an automated manager!

[deactivateduser]

Totally agree with you. I believe sdkman should have it later once the 1.4 version is fully released. Currently 1.4 is still in preview stage.