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Newest post on how to install Oracle JDK 8 / Java SE 8 on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite can be found here.
At the time of this writing, there is no official release of Java SE 7 / Oracle JDK 1.7 on Mac OS X. It is still in developer preview based on Apple’s contributions to OpenJDK. The Developer Preview is provided to the community so that the developers can get feedback on the ongoing progress of the project. The developer preview should work on any Intel-based Mac and has been tested on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion).
UPDATE
Oracle has launched the official Java SE 7 for Mac OS X 64-bit platform. You can download it from here.
This tutorial shows you how to install Java SE 7 Developer Preview on Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion running on my MacBook Pro.
1. Download the Oracle JDK7 Mac OS X port dmg file from here. At the time of this writing, the version of the JDK7 is Oracle JDK7 build b223 released on December 23, 2011. The dmg file name is jdk-7-ea-macosx-b223.dmg
2. Create a JavaVirtualMachines folder under /Library/Java if it doesn’t exist.
In my case, the JavaVirtualMachines is already there so I don’t need to create it manually.
3. Open the jdk-7-ea-macosx-b223.dmg file by double-clicking on it. Then drag the JDK 1.7.0 Developer Preview icon in the left side to the JavaVirtualMachines icon folder in the right side.
4. Go to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines directory using Finder application. Then double-click the ‘JDK 1.7.0 Developer Preview’ icon. This will open the Java Preferences window. Here you can change the preferred order of the installed Java platforms by dragging it up or down. Make sure the Java SE 7 is in the preferred order or you can simply deselect the Java SE 6 version.
5. Now issue the ‘java -version’ command in the terminal window to verify.
6. Done
You can have multiple versions of Java on your Mac.
In this article we show how to install Java on Mac using Homebrew, and how to allow to switch between different versions such as Java8, Java11, Java13 and latest Java version.
Pre-requisites
Before we start, make sure you have Homebrew installed on your Mac. If not, you can install it via:
Next, install Homebrew Cask
Install Latest Version of Java Using Brew
To install the latest version of Java, all you need to do is:
Install Specific Versions of Java (Java8, Java11, Java13)
Set Java Version Mac
To install previous or specific versions of JDKs, you can get them from AdoptOpenJDK:
Switch Between Different Versions of Java
If you want to switch between different versions of Java, you need to add the following to your .bash_profile.
Mac Os Java Version
In this case, we want to be able to switch between Java8 and Java11:
Mac Java Version Check
Reload .bash_profile for the aliases to take effect:
Then, you can use the aliases to switch between different Java versions:
Conclusion
Multiple Java Versions Mac
In this post we learned how to install any version of Java on Mac using Homebrew.