I prefer the javahome shell function below rather than adding new values to PATH.

Installing JDKs with brew also recommends adding /usr/local/opt/openjdkXX/bin to PATH. Setting the symlink after every installation step is important for the system Java wrappers to find the installed JDK. That includes JAVA LTS releases 17, 11, 8: # version 17īrew install ln -sfn /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-17.jdkīrew install ln -sfn /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-11.jdkīrew install ln -sfn /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-8.jdk That JDK can still be used when JAVAHOME points to it, or explicitly referenced in a script or configuration. To exclude a JDK from being picked by default, rename its Contents/ist to. The system will pick the highest version by default. On Mac you can install Java/JVM with brew‘s openjdk formulae. leave all JDKs at their default location, under /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines. No time? jump straight to the javahome function openjdk8 Install command: brew install openjdk8 Development kit for the Java programming language License: GPL-2.0-only Formula JSON API: /api/formula/openjdk8.json Formula code: openjdk8.rb on GitHub Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for: Current versions: stable 1.8. This post includes Java LTS version 17 and shows how to switch between Java/JDK LTS versions 8, 11 and 17. 11.0.5 (x8664) Oracle Corporation - Java SE 11.0.5 /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.5.jdk/Contents/Home. Change Java version on Mac 11 BigSur & persist it is great.

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