Java is a general-purpose, secure, robust, object-oriented language developed by Sun Microsystems in 1990. Java is portable which means it follows to write once run anywhere paradigm. Many of the useful application are build on Java and required Java runtime environment. If you are preparing your system for the developing new java applications, you need to install JDK on your machine.
The latest version is Java 14 which was released in March 2020. This tutorial helps you to install Java 14 latest version or Java 11 LTS on macOS Sierra or High Sierra.
Step 1 – Prerequisites
Before starting the installation of Java using this tutorial you must have the following prerequisites
- With Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) and later, the Java runtime is no longer installed automatically as part of the OS installation. Follow any of the methods below to install Java runtime.
- If you have not yet installed Apple's Java OS X 2012-006 update, then you are still using a version of Apple Java 6 that includes the plug-in and the Java Preferences app. See 'Note for Users of OS X that Include Apple Java 6 Plug-in'. There can be multiple JDKs installed on a system, as many as you wish.
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- Terminal: You must have Mac Terminal access and little knowledge about working with the terminal application. Ao login to your Mac system and open terminal
- Homebrew: This tutorial relies on Homebrew, So you must have homebrew installed. Homebrew can be installed with a single command.
For more instruction visit Homebrew installation tutorial.
Step 2 – Install Homebrew Cask
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$ sdk list java Available Java Versions. 12.ea.20-open 11.0.1-zulu. 11.0.1-open 10.0.2-zulu 10.0.2-open 9.0.7-zulu 9.0.4-open 8.0.192-zulu 8.0.191-oracle + 8.0.181-oracle 7.0.181-zulu 1.0.0-rc-10-grl 1.0.0-rc-9-grl 1.0.0-rc-8-grl + - local version. installed - currently in use $ sdk install java 8.0.191-oracle.
On Mac systems, Homebrew is the package manager, and Homebrew Cask is the app manager built on top of Homebrew. You Execute command to update brew cache and tap the caskroom/cask.
Step 3 – Install JAVA with Homebrew Cask
At the time of writing this tutorial the available version, Java 11 LTS and Java 14 latest for the installation.
- Check Available Versions – Use the following commands to view the details about java versions to be install.
- Installing Java – Next, install the Java version of your choice using one of the below commands. You can also install both versions if required.The installation process may take some time to complete depending on your network speed.
- Check Version – Once the installation finished, verify the installed Java version.
All done. You have successfully installed Java on your macOS system.
Conclusion
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In this tutorial, you have learned to install Java on macOS systems using homebrew.