If the major version of the available JDK is unique you can just use the major version, like: export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1. For example, I will choose the 1.8.0_121 version to be my default JDK. Matching Java Virtual Machines (3):ĩ, x86_64: 'Java SE 9' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.jdk/Contents/Homeġ.8.0_121, x86_64: 'Java SE 8' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Homeġ.7.0_80, x86_64: 'Java SE 7' /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Homeįrom the list above pick which version you want to be the default JDK. java MyFirstClass (If you didnt change anything the current directory.

javac MyFirstJavaClass.java and if everything compiles. On my machine I have the following version of Java. If you try to run the /usr/libexec/javahome then it reports on Mac Mojave, no JVMS runtime present even though one is You can see that it is running by. But if the JDK RPM was correctly installed you should already find java in you path. The command will print out something like the following depending on the available JDK in your computer.

First you need to run /usr/libexec/java_home -V command to get the list of installed JDK.

In this post you will learn how to set the default JAVA_HOME in Mac OS X when you have more than one JDK installed in your computer.

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