

bash_profile) and then running each alias, now I’ve got OpenJDK 11 set up and ready to go! $ j11 bash_profile, I now have: alias j11="export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home -v 11 java -version"Īlias j10="export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home -v 10 java -version"Īlias j8="export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8 java -version" Updating my aliases to quickly switch versions in my. Once you’ve moved it there, java_home -V now shows the new JDK in place: $ /usr/libexec/java_home -Vġ1, x86_64: "OpenJDK 11" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.jdk/Contents/Home gz file to the same location would make sense. Knowing that your available JDKs are installed to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ by default, moving the contents of the downloaded OpenJDK 11 dir from inside the. Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_151.jdk/Contents/Home To switch between JDKs, use /usr/libexec/java_home -v version (e.g. usr/libexec/java_home -V: This lists all installed JDKs, which is shown below: $ /usr/libexec/java_home -Vġ0, x86_64: "Java SE 10" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Homeġ.8.0_151, x86_64: "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_151.jdk/Contents/Home usr/libexec/java_home: This will show you where the current JDK home is, for example: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home If you’ve done any fiddling with different JDK versions on MacOS before, you’ve probably come across the ‘/usr/libexec/java_home’ utility, which composes a number of useful things relating to the JDK that you’re currently using in your PATH. Click here for my previous article about this utility and answers to this StackOverflow post, which includes one of the most extensive and useful guides to running different JDK versions on MacOS that I’ve seen. tar.gz for OpenJDK 11 directly from, there’s no obvious installation instructions (at least that I could find) on the OpenJDK website or in the. If you're asked whether you want to open it, of course you do click Open.If you download the.

You'll see an item named Eclipse if you like, drag its icon into the dock so that you'll be able to launch Eclipse easily. Open your Applications folder, and then open the eclipse folder. If you don't see Applications, then open a new window for Applications (from the Finder, command-shift-A), and drag the eclipse folder into Applications. When you open your Downloads folder, if you see Applications under the Favorites on the left side of the window, you should drag the eclipse folder into Applications. When that's done, you should see a folder named eclipse in your Downloads folder. You should not feel compelled to donate.Īfter the download completes, folders should automatically expand. If asked, click on "Open with Archive Utility (default)" and then click OK.
