The AdoptOpenJDK repository offers a function you can use in ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc: You can specify the major version only: export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v '1.8') Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home You need to unset JAVA_HOME variable before you can set a new value for JAVA_HOME: $ unset JAVA_HOME However, setting the JAVA_HOME variable does not work this way in macOS BigSur (version 11): $ export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8.0_275` $ echo $JAVA_HOMEĬhanging the java version in macOS prior to version 11 would be: export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8.0_275` The JAVA_HOME variable is set to java version 15 after executing the brew install commands above. Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-15.jdk/Contents/Home The brew commands above result in these installed java versions: # Please note the upper case -V flag.ġ5.0.1 (x86_64) 'AdoptOpenJDK' - 'AdoptOpenJDK 15' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-15.jdk/Contents/Homeġ4.0.2 (x86_64) 'AdoptOpenJDK' - 'AdoptOpenJDK 14' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-14.jdk/Contents/Homeġ1.0.9.1 (x86_64) 'AdoptOpenJDK' - 'AdoptOpenJDK 11' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-11.jdk/Contents/Homeġ.8.0_275 (x86_64) 'AdoptOpenJDK' - 'AdoptOpenJDK 8' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home One option to install java on mac is AdoptOpenJDK with homebrew: brew install -cask adoptopenjdk with ` brew install -cask adoptopenjdk8/11/14/15`Įxport JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v '$1') In a nutshell # assuming versions below are installed This one is about how to change and persist the java version on macOS 11 BigSur in a shell script. Setting the java version on BigSur macOS 11 changed compare to setting the java version on earlier macOS versions.

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