Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-11.jdk/Contents/Home Anyway, open a new terminal and verify: echo $JAVA_HOME In previous macOS versions, this was done in ~/.bash_profile. In ~/.zshrc, I set the variable like so: export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

Here is a trick that allows me to keep the environment variable current, even after a Java Update was installed.

JAVA_HOME is an important environment variable and it’s important to get it right. OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM AdoptOpenJDK (build 11.0.9+11, mixed mode) OpenJDK Runtime Environment AdoptOpenJDK (build 11.0.9+11) … hopefully showing something like this: openjdk 11.0.9 After opening a terminal, the successful installation of the JDK can be confirmed like so: java -version Select macOS and 圆4 and download the JDK (about 190 MB), which will put the OpenJDK11U-jdk_圆4_mac_hotspot_11.0.9_11.pkg file into your ~/Downloads folderĬlicking on the pkg file will install into this location: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-11.jdkĪlmost done. However, the easiest way is to select OpenJDK 11 (LTS), the HotSpot JVM, and macOS 圆4 is to get the latest release here: Easy to follow details about how to install OpenJDK are available here.

As I’m writing this, Java 11.0.9 is the latest LTS (Long Term Support) version and AdoptOpenJDK is one of the best places to find Prebuilt OpenJDK Binaries. java11Īnd that’s it for this quick tutorial.Since OS X 10.7 Java is not (pre-)installed anymore, let’s fix that. And to easily switch in between versions, I can create an alias in my. brew tap homebrew/cask-versionsīrew install -cask temurin8 Using multiple Java versionsĪfter I upgrade to OpenJDK Temurin 17 LTS, I still want to keep the previous versions of my Java. To use a different version of Java, you need to activate a third-party repository (TAP). This time I will get it from a new source since the AdoptOpenJDK repository is now deprecated. Upgrade to OpenJDK Temurin 17 LTS by Eclipse. But I still want to manage my Java versions using Homebrew. This time, I will upgrade my environment to Java 17. In my previous post about Setting up Maven Cucumber, I used AdoptOpenJDK to install Java 11. How to upgrade OpenJDK in MacOS using brew?

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