Apple M1 - Maven Java dependency that is not yet available for macosx-arm64

Question

I am trying to get a Java/Maven project working on an Apple M1 with a dependency that is not yet available for the M1 chip. In my case this is nd4j but it could be any other dependency.

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.nd4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>nd4j-native</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0-beta7</version>
</dependency>

I am using IntelliJ for this project.

I am looking for a way to specify some sort of "compatibility mode" that tells maven/IntelliJ to fetch dependencies for X86 chips and execute Java, the tests, maven, etc. with Rosetta. If that's not possible, what could be other was to solve this?

Answer 1

You can install both x86_64 based and arm64 based JDKs on your machine, and switch between these as needed. A tool like SDKMAN! can help you with that: How to install x86 and Arm JDKs on the Mac M1

If your maven and IntelliJ use the default JDK, they will automatically switch between x86_64 and Arm64 architecture, when you switch JDKs.