If you haven't already, install homebrew.Ģ. This guide was cobbled together from various sources (replies above as well as other posts), and works perfect. “cask versions”, similar to “brew versions”, see and also.“brew versions” explained Homebrew install specific version of formula? and also.Plug-Ins/ugin/Contents/HomeĢ) JDKs downloaded from Apple: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/ģ) JDKs downloaded from Oracle: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_11.jdk/Contents/Home
Multiple jdk on mac mac os x#
On Mac OS X Mavericks, I found as following:ġ) Built-in JRE default: /Library/Internet\ You can check the paths of the versions installed using /usr/libexec/java_home -V, see How do I check if the Java JDK is installed on Mac?
I think this is the cleanest & simplest way to go about it.Īnother important thing to note, as mentioned in Mac OS X 10.6.7 Java Path Current JDK confusing :įor different types of JDKs or installations, you will have different Then you can install the version(s) you like: brew cask install java7Īnd add them to be managed by jenv as usual.
Then you can look at all the versions available: brew search java
jenv to manage the installed versions of javaĪs seen on, these are the steps to follow.homebrew-cask to install the versions of java.The cleanest way to manage multiple java versions on Mac is to use Homebrew.