I downloaded Java 8 from oracle.com, and I installed it. Nothing unusual. But when I type java I get: No Java runtime present, requesting install. And if I go to settings the java icon is there!
1 Answer
I recommend using jenv and Homebrew together to manage Java installations and environments, especially as you're working from the command line.
Install jenv
brew install jenv
Then install the java version you want, Java 8 is annoying bc it's not in Homebrew itself anymore, but this works
brew cask install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8
Then add it to jenv
jenv add /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home
Then set it as the global java
jenv global 1.8
Now java -version is
openjdk version "1.8.0_242"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 1.8.0_242-b08)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 25.242-b08, mixed mode)
jenv has been very useful to me as a Java developer for managing and switching between all my different Java versions. It also conveniently lets you set versions specific to projects/directories with jenv local
answered Feb 22, 2020 at 13:38
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/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home is not a valid path to java installation Feb 22, 2020 at 13:43
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at the second step : Failure while executing;
git clone https://github.com/adoptopenjdk/homebrew-openjdk /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/adoptopenjdk/homebrew-openjdk --depth=1exited with 128. Feb 22, 2020 at 13:45
echo $PATH/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bininstead of/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/javato your path