MacOS will prompt for authentication for installation of the new software. Select the installation location and click ‘Continue’:Ĭlick ‘Install’ on the verification screen: Launch the downloaded file, click on ‘Continue’:Ĭlick on ‘Continue’ to accept the Software Licensing Agreement: If it helps find the OpenJDK.pkg file, click on the Date Added column to sort by newest:

Hold down the Command ⌘ key on your keyboard and press the Space Bar and type 'Downloads' in the search field, click on the Downloads Finder icon:Ĭlick on Downloads on the left side of the Finder window then locate the OpenJDK11. Launching the Eclipse Temurin Installation Package Mac, ‘JDK’, and Version ‘11’ as shown, verify the version shown looks like jdk-11.x.x+x, and that theĪrchitecture shown is correct for the target Mac, then click on the ‘.pkg’ link to download the installer: Set up the filters for ‘macOS’, ‘圆4’ if running an Intel-based Mac or 'aarch64' if running an M1 or M2-based I prefer the javahome shell function below rather than adding new values to PATH.Before we can configure the filters to find the appropriate download, it is important to identify theĪrchitecture of the Mac where this Java software will be installed.

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 On Mac you can install Java/JVM with brew‘s openjdk formulae. No time? jump straight to the javahome function This post includes Java LTS version 17 and shows how to switch between Java/JDK LTS versions 8, 11 and 17. Change Java version on Mac 11 BigSur & persist it is great.

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