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Install OpenJDK 8 on Mac using brew (AdoptopenJDK)

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install OpenJDK 8 Mac. You have to pay for Oracle JDK so it’s better to use OpenJDK.

OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).[1] It is the result of an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006. The implementation is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 with a linking exception. Were it not for the GPL linking exception, components that linked to the Java class library would be subject to the terms of the GPL license.

Read Also: How to install OpenJDK 13 on Mac

Read Also: How to install OpenJDK 12 on Mac with brew

Requirements

1. Brew tap

First of all, we need to tap a brew repo. Execute the following command:

$ brew tap AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk

The above will add more repositories to brew.

Read Also: How to uninstall/remove Java 10 from Mac

2. Install OpenJDK 8 Mac

After adding tap, let’s install OpenJDK using brew.

$ brew cask install adoptopenjdk8

Or on newer Mac OS Version
$ brew install --cask adoptopenjdk8

So, now we have installed Java 8, we can check installation with the following command.

3. Check JDK Version

Now we can check the JDK version.

# java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_202"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 1.8.0_202-b08)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 25.202-b08, mixed mode)

Now Java has installed properly.

4. Java Location

Now let’s check the java path.

# which java
/usr/bin/java

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10 Comments Posted

  1. Hi, good tutorial thanks. It simply miss information about ‘java_home’. Have found it using cmd “/usr/libexec/java_home -V”

  2. Thanks for the article, had to change step 2 to “brew install –crew adoptopenjdk8” to make it work on MAC Catalina.

  3. For the latest version on Mac OS use the following command to install jdk

    brew cask install adoptopenjdk8

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