Sudo ln -sfn /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-17.jdk.Īnd it will display the following which shows your file path: For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with The response text look something similar to. Now, in case you do not see the java version in /usr/libexec/java_home as expected and the version selection of that missing version is not working, you might need to add a symlink:Įxecuting brew info return the location of the installed version and will specify a symlink command that you should run for the system to find the SDK. You can further export the JAVA_HOME variable in your shell init file as speciifed in the attached SOF thread. Now you can select the java version using:Įxport JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 8` You should see the two versions specified in the response (if not, read further to create a symlink).

Install two java versions (change java versions as pleased):īrew install install the following command to see the installed versions:

You can use brew to install multiple java versions and run a command to switch between the versions as required. tar.gz file and typing tar -zxf openjdk-18-ea+28_macos-圆4_ -C ~/jdk.Assembled from the answers here and How to set or change the default Java (JDK) version on macOS?: Unpack JDK by opening your terminal (such as iTerm2, kitty, Terminal…), going to the directory in which you saved JDK.

Since I have a few JDKs I keep them all under the same parent directory, in my case ~/jdk. After the file finished downloading we have to unpack it because it’s gzipped tar file. If you have new M1 Mac choose macOS/AArch64, otherwise choose macOS/圆4. Near the top you’ll see build number and download links for various operating systems. In this article I will show you how to install JDK 18 on MacOS and to setup IntelliJ IDEA so you can write Java applications against it. Even though it isn’t a LTS release, it’s worth installing it so we can test new features. Java 18 is currently the latest version of Java.

Brew install java 1.8