Oracle has a poor record for making it easy to install and configure Java, but using Homebrew, the latest OpenJDK (Java 14) can be installed with:
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk8
For the many use cases depending on an older version (commonly Java 8), the AdoptOpenJDK project makes it possible with an extra step.
brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk8
Existing users of Homebrew may encounter Error: Cask adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps due to prior workarounds with different instructions. This can be solved by fully specifying the location with brew install --cask adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8.
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Oracle has a poor record for making it easy to install and configure Java, but using Homebrew, the latest OpenJDK (Java 14) can be installed with:
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk8
For the many use cases depending on an older version (commonly Java 8), the AdoptOpenJDK project makes it possible with an extra step.
brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk8
Existing users of Homebrew may encounter Error: Cask adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps due to prior workarounds with different instructions. This can be solved by fully specifying the location with brew install --cask adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8.
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Note: Oracle Java 8/9/10 is no longer available for public download (license change).
First install and update brew from Terminal:
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
brew update
NEW as of June 2019
To install the JDKs from AdoptOpenJDK:
brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk8
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk9
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk10
brew install --cask adoptopenjdk11
OLD
Java 8:
brew install --cask java8
Java Latest:
brew install --cask java
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The screen shots and instructions below are for Java 8 Update 311 (8u311). If you are installing another version, make sure you change the version number appropriately. Example: For Java 8 Update 311 (8u311) the file to download is jre-8u311-macosx-x64.dmg · To confirm installed Java version, ...
Unable to install Java 8 on MBP M4
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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? More on stackoverflow.com
Installing JDK on a new mac
I'd recommend homebrew for package management in general and sdkman for java (and related ecosystem) development tools.
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April 21, 2026 - This page describes how to install and uninstall JDK 8 for macOS computers.
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The above command will create a .java-version file at project root. Its content is the version I just picked for this project: ... it needs to be added in order to work else you'll be getting /.jenv/versions/oracle64-1.7.0.80: No such file or directory ... Thanks, great write up! ... When I run "brew cask info java7" its automatically installing "jdk1.7.0_80" but I need "jdk1.7.0_79".
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r/mac on Reddit: Unable to install Java 8 on MBP M4
January 13, 2025 -
Hello,
I need Java for some applications and I just downloaded the latest Java installer (jre-8u431-macosx-aarch64) from Oracle aaand … it's not installing. It tries to install and says something like java could not be installed and "OS error code 1".
I searched for hours on Google and couldn't find anything. Did anyone have a solution to this? I'm running Sequoia 15.2.
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Use brew.sh Also Java 8 is… extremely old
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My friend, took me all day to find a solution and I think I got it (it works for me so far). I also got the new Mac Mini M4, and Java 8 wasn't installing. INSTALL "Rosetta 2" and then you'll be able to install Java 8 xaarch64 Rosetta: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527
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Changes in Homebrew's approach to managing Java versions and their respective casks. Use the AdoptOpenJDK cask to install Java 8 via the command: `brew install --cask adoptopenjdk8`
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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.
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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