However, the system will not replace the current JRE with a lower version. When you install the JDK, it also installs the JRE. Administrator privileges are required to install the JDK and JRE on macOS. Installing the JDK and JRE on macOS is performed on a systemwide basis for all users. You cannot install Java for a single user. Note that some previous java packages such as java8 are still using Oracle JDK instead of OpenJDK.The following are the system requirements for installing the JDK and the JRE on macOS:

brew search jdk (shows both AdoptOpenJDK and the Oracle JDK)Īccording to this article, newer versions of Java JDK from Oracle are under GPL v2 license with a Classpath exception (they seemed to link to the same page on the non- https site).To install most recent OpenJDK version from : brew cask install java # (*may* need a password to succeed) To install OpenJDK 11 from : brew cask install java11 # (*may* need a password to succeed) To install latest version of OpenJDK from AdoptOpenJDK: brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk # (if not already added)īrew cask install adoptopenjdk # (*may* need a password to succeed)Īlternative installation of OpenJDK from - with no AdoptOpenJDK tap needed: The following commands show both JDK versions installed:

This answer assumes that a recent version of Homebrew is installed, with brew cask install enabled and working.Īt this point, assuming that no newer version of Java or Java JDK is installed, java -version shows me openjdk version '11.0.3' and javac -version shows me javac 11.0.3 (with no JAVA_HOME environment variable in use). Note that OpenJDK as used by AdoptOpenJDK is open source under GPL v2 license with a Classpath exception. Recommended commands to install OpenJDK 11 from AdoptOpenJDK (with notes after the # sign) : brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk # assuming this tap was not already addedīrew cask install adoptopenjdk11 # this command *may* need a password to succeed

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