Use one of the below options to install the required Java version. Here Java 8, and 11 are the LTS versions. So instead of installing default (latest) Java, install specific Java by its version number. Generally, the applications required some old or stable Java versions. For the system, Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with: sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk brew install openjdkīrew installation of OpenJDK doesn’t set reference than Celler directory. You can install it with the following command. Other than that, OpenJDK 8, 11, and 17 are also available.Īs you know that Brew’s “openjdk” formulae always refer to the latest version. Here the formulae “openjdk” is always referred to as the latest Java version. Open a terminal and use brew to search available versions of Java Formulae for your system. Follow the below steps to install the specific version of Java or all the available Java versions on your macOS system.

The Homebrew contains the latest stable java version along with the LTS release Java 8, 11 LTS, and Java 17. You can follow these instructions to install Homebrew Homebrew can be installed with a single command.

Homebrew: This tutorial relies on Homebrew, So you must have homebrew installed.Ao login to your Mac system and open terminal

Terminal: You must have Mac Terminal access and little knowledge about working with the terminal application.Pre-Requisitesīefore starting the installation of Java using this tutorial you must have the following prerequisites In this blog post, you will learn to install different-2 Java versions on macOS using Homebrew.

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