You should see something similiar to this:ġ1.0.16.1 (arm64) 'Eclipse Adoptium' - 'OpenJDK 11.0.16.1' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-11.jdk/Contents/Homeġ.8.0_345 (arm64) 'Azul Systems, Inc.' - 'Zulu 8.64.0.19' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-8.jdk/Contents/Home Java 8 Īfter you have installed both versions, you can confirm using this command: /usr/libexec/java_home -V OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-11.0.16.1+1 (build 11.0.16.1+1, mixed mode) Adoptium is from Eclipse Java 11 I wanted to download all JDKs from the Eclipse Foundation, but I wasn't fortunate enough to find Java 8 available, so I grabbed from Azul. If it's found it will show you something like this: In this article I will be installing the OpenJDK alternative.įirst see if you have java installed on your Mac: java -version You can always go to Oracle to get their version. I didn't easily find a compatible version so I'm posting here. If you have a newer mac with Apple hardware, then you'll want to install your JDK for the aarch64 (ARM architecture).

Mac install openjdk 11