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
- 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
- I tried different things as suggested on different posts (including Eclipse won't start after installing Mac OS X Yosemite (Mac OS 10.10)): I made sure to use the 64 bits version; I tried to go back to Java 6 (downloaded from Apple website) but then I get a message telling that I need the latest version of Java (Java 8) to install Eclipse.
- The latest version like JDK 11, 13 does not provides JRE installers. Now see how to download and install JDK 8 & JRE in Mac OS without any confusion. The Java SE Development Kit 8 has many releases from JDK 8 to JDK 8u241. Here in this blog we will see the installation of JDK 8u241 on MacOS 10.15 Catalina.
- Java is a runtime environment maintained by Oracle that you must install on your Mac to be able to run applications written using the Java programming language. Moreover, Java allows developers to make apps available on multiple operating systems at the same time because Java-based utilities will run on any platform that can integrate the runtime environment.
- SAPgui 7.40 rev 2 for Mac OS X Installation Instructions On this page: Before You Begin Mac OS X 10.8 or higher Ensure that you have Administrator privileges on the system.
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
After upgrading to yosemite, java 6 jdk is no longer available, remember that jdk 6 for mac osx is a 32-bit application, older eclipse releases needs a 32-bit jvm in order to run properly, a 32-bit application cannot run with a 64-bit jvm like java 7 or 8, so you need to install jdk 6 to run those java applications that needs a 32 bit virtual machine.
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.
Mac Install Oracle Jdk
Conclusion
In this tutorial, you have learned to install Java on macOS systems using homebrew.
Open your Browser and go to the Oracle website. Go to the link given here:
Scroll down until you see a heading Java SE Development Kit 8u241 followed by a table of JDK 8u241 download options. There click on 'Accept License Agreement' radio button.
Download Java 8 For Mac Os Sierra
A Thank you message will be displayed when you accept the license.
Now download jdk-8u241-macosx-x64.dmg of size 254.06 MB which is listed for Mac OS X x64.
To download the file, you need to login to your Oracle account. Create an account, if you do not have account and provide your login credentials.
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And then you will be asked whether to save the file that is going to be downloaded. Click on Save File.
Now go to Finder >> Open your Downloads Folder (or from the Downloads window of the browser). And double-click on jdk-8u241-macosx-x64.dmg to launch it.
A Finder window will appear, which containing an icon of an open box and with a name JDK 8 Update 241.pkg.
Double-click on the package icon (JDK 8 Update 241.pkg), and follow the instructions to install it.
- The Introduction window appears, click on Continue.
- Note: In certain cases, the Destination Select window may appear. If it appears then select Install for all users of this computer to enable Continue button.
- Then the Installation Type window appears. Click on Install button.
- Now a new window appears which says 'Installer is trying to install new software. Type your password to allow this.' Provide your Administrator login and password and click on Install Software.
When the installation process is completed, confirmation windows appears. Click on Close.
So, now you have successfully installed JDK 8u241 in your Mac OS system. At this point, you can close up the window and drag jdk-8u65-macosx-x64.dmg to the Bin. If you still have problem with installing Java Development Kit in your Mac OS, then you can contact our Tech Support team.
Now install and run your downloaded SysTools software which helps in protecting user's personal & business data effortlessly.