To install different version of JAVA on mac is tedious work .Today post ,I will explain how to install Java on Mac using HomeBrew.
Install HomeBrew
Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple’s macOS operating system and Linux. We will use this homebrew to install a different version of Java and maintain all of them with a single command.
Homebrew installation page https://brew.sh/
Install cask – brew install cask
Cask for Java
brew cask is an extension to brew that allows management of java and other applications.
To install the latest Java on mac ,
brew cask install java - latest
To install the Java 8 on mac
brew cask install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8 -Java 8
To install the Java 9 on mac
brew cask install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk9
You can see the installed the Java at below locations ,
cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
OutOfMemory Error in Java
To avoid Memory related error in Java while spawning multiple thread .
export JAVA_OPTS="-XX:+UseG1GC -Xmx2048m -Xms2048m
-DIGNITE_NO_SHUTDOWN_HOOK=true
-DIGNITE_PERFORMANCE_SUGGESTIONS_DISABLED=true
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
-XX:HeapDumpPath=/Users/<username>/JAVAMEM/heapDump.hprof"
Set the desired Java library on your editor and start your work happily…! 🙂
manikandank 