docs: running confluent with the right JDK version (#10594)

MaterializeInc · Feb 11, 2022 · 05f70a4 · 05f70a4
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@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ source ~/.bashrc
 confluent local services start
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+If you have multiple JDKs installed and your current JAVA_HOME points to an incompatible version,
+you can explicitly run confluent with JDK 8 or 11:
+
+```
+JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8) confluent local services start
+```
+
 #### Linux
 
 On Debian-based Linux variants, you can use APT to install Java and the