Global Nav Open Menu Global Nav Close Menu; Apple; Shopping Bag +. It can be Oracle JDK or OpenJDK. This post guides you how to install Oracle JDK 8 on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. It should be also applicable for previous version of OS X such as OS X Maverick, Mountain Lion, and OS X Lion. At the time of this post written, the latest version of JDK is JDK 8 Update 25. Java 7 and later versions are not supported by these older versions of Mac OS X. If you have problems with Java 6, contact Apple Technical Support. Java.com does not provide a download for these systems. Mac OS X Version 10.7.3 (Lion) or newer. Java 7 and later versions can run on your Mac. Oracle Java (Version 7 and later versions) requires an. The latest version like JDK 11, 13 does not provides JRE installers. Now see how to download and install JDK 8 & JRE in Mac OS without any confusion. The Java SE Development Kit 8 has many releases from JDK 8 to JDK 8u241. Here in this blog we will see the installation of JDK 8u241 on MacOS 10.15 Catalina.
The following are the system requirements for installing the JDK and the JRE on macOS:
- Any Intel-based computer running macOS.
- Administrator privileges.You cannot install Java for a single user. Installing the JDK and JRE on macOS is performed on a systemwide basis for all users. Administrator privileges are required to install the JDK and JRE on macOS.
- When you install the JDK, it also installs the JRE. However, the system will not replace the current JRE with a lower version.To determine the current JRE version installed on your system, see Determining the JRE Version Installed on macOS. To install an earlier version of the JRE, you must first uninstall the current version. See Uninstalling the JRE on macOS.
- When you install the JRE, you can install only one JRE on your system at a time. The system will not install a JRE that has an earlier version than the current version.To determine the current JRE version installed on your system, see Determining the JRE Version Installed on macOS. To install an earlier version of the JRE, you must first uninstall the current version. See Uninstalling the JRE on macOS.Note:Installing a JRE from Oracle will not update
java -version
symlinks or addjava
to your path. To do this, you must install the JDK.
Open your Browser and go to the Oracle website. Go to the link given here:
Scroll down until you see a heading Java SE Development Kit 8u241 followed by a table of JDK 8u241 download options. There click on 'Accept License Agreement' radio button.
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A Thank you message will be displayed when you accept the license.
Now download jdk-8u241-macosx-x64.dmg of size 254.06 MB which is listed for Mac OS X x64.
To download the file, you need to login to your Oracle account. Create an account, if you do not have account and provide your login credentials.
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And then you will be asked whether to save the file that is going to be downloaded. Click on Save File.
Now go to Finder >> Open your Downloads Folder (or from the Downloads window of the browser). And double-click on jdk-8u241-macosx-x64.dmg to launch it.
A Finder window will appear, which containing an icon of an open box and with a name JDK 8 Update 241.pkg.
Double-click on the package icon (JDK 8 Update 241.pkg), and follow the instructions to install it.
- The Introduction window appears, click on Continue.
- Note: In certain cases, the Destination Select window may appear. If it appears then select Install for all users of this computer to enable Continue button.
- Then the Installation Type window appears. Click on Install button.
- Now a new window appears which says 'Installer is trying to install new software. Type your password to allow this.' Provide your Administrator login and password and click on Install Software.
When the installation process is completed, confirmation windows appears. Click on Close.
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So, now you have successfully installed JDK 8u241 in your Mac OS system. At this point, you can close up the window and drag jdk-8u65-macosx-x64.dmg to the Bin. If you still have problem with installing Java Development Kit in your Mac OS, then you can contact our Tech Support team.
Now install and run your downloaded SysTools software which helps in protecting user's personal & business data effortlessly.