At the moment Java 8 is still required for some apps like:
- Android SDK / Android Studio
- Jenkins
- Ionic ...
With brew install java the latest Version is installed. But how to install Java 8?
5 Answers
The older Oracle JDKs are gone from Homebrew now. Use OpenJDK instead:
brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk
brew cask install adoptopenjdk8
OpenJDK is a drop-in replacement for the Oracle JDK in most places, so this should work fine for you with no code or build process changes.
5 Comments
Chris H.
It's worth noting that
brew tap caskroom/versions includes adoptopenjdk8 too. I personally prefer that since it includes other useful things. Use the answer as-is for the targeted approach.
Andrew Janke
Thanks for the tip! I think I'm going to stick with the
adoptopenjdk/openjdk tap for my answer, since it's the one that's maintained by AdoptOpenJDK themselves, so is likely to be the canonical source for OpenJDK formulae, and it includes all the other JDK versions 8-12 and variants as well. But yeah, if you want versions for other Cask things too and have it tapped already, the adoptopenjdk8 from caskroom/versions should work just fine.
ruhong
Oct-2019 this works:
brew cask install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8
JE42
brew cask install adoptopenjdk8 fails on my machine with Cask adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps:. @ruhong 's answer fixes it.Andrew Janke
Looks like the
homebrew/cask-versions tap has added a formula for adoptopenjdk8 (see github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions/commit/…). In that case, you can probably skip the brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk step, and you won't have to qualify the name and brew cask install adoptopenjdk8 would still work.This answer is outdated.
You can install Java 8 on macOS Mojave like this:
brew tap caskroom/versions
brew cask install java8
In case the latest java version was already installed, uninstall it with:
brew cask remove java
4 Comments
Chris Conover
FWIW, it appears that the versions tap has been deprecated, and version support moved to core (from the warning that I subsequently got)
jcdsr
I got "Error: Cask 'java' is not installed." and then check java - version and still showing java version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15 LTS
Andrew Janke
Note: this no longer works as of April 2019 because the
java8 cask is gone. Need to use OpenJDK casks instead for older versions of Java.
Evhz
>> this is outdated
Updated commands that are working now:
brew tap homebrew/cask
brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8
1 Comment
smci
This is awesome. It sidesteps the error that
brew install java gives: "openjdk: macOS Catalina or newer is required for this software. Error: openjdk: An unsatisfied requirement failed this build."Assumption: Mac machine and you already have installed homebrew.
Install cask (with Homebrew 0.9.5 or higher, cask is included so skip this step):
$ brew tap caskroom/cask
$ brew tap caskroom/versions
To install latest java:
$ brew cask install java
To install java 8:
$ brew cask install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8
If you want to install/manage multiple version then you can use 'jenv':
Install and configure jenv:
$ brew install jenv
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.jenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
$ echo 'eval "$(jenv init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile
$ source ~/.bash_profile
Add the installed java to jenv:
$ jenv add /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_202.jdk/Contents/Home
$ jenv add /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.11.0_2.jdk/Contents/Home
To see all the installed java:
$ jenv versions
Above command will give the list of installed java:
* system (set by /Users/lyncean/.jenv/version)
1.8
1.8.0.202-ea
oracle64-1.8.0.202-ea
Configure the java version which you want to use:
$ jenv global oracle64-1.6.0.39
To set JAVA_HOME:
$ jenv enable-plugin export
Comments
brew reinstall --cask adoptopenjdk
sdk ls javaandsdk use 8.0.192-zulu(for example)