Mac users are still waiting for Oracle / Apple to produce a simple download for using Java SE 7 on Macs running OS X. Until they provide one, the only safe way to use the Java 7 JDK is to build it from source. Luckily, Oracle provides a good wiki page that documents the process (and Arun Gupta has a useful post that helped with some of the gaps).
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Java jdk free download - Apple Java for OS X 10.6, Apple Java for OS X 10.7/10.8, Java 2 SE, and many more programs. This article shows you how to install Java on Mac OSX, and also how to do Java/JDK version switching. Mac OS 10.15.3; JDK 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (AdoptOpenJDK). Download Java for OS X directly from Oracle. Get the latest version If an app or webpage you want to use asks you to install Java software, you can download the current version of Java for OS X directly from Oracle's website. Java 5 compatibility has been dropped. To use DrJava, you will need Java 6 or newer. New features since the last stable release: - DrJava is now compatible with Java 8 and perhaps with future editions of Java. Bug fixes since the last stable release: - DrJava correctly finds and labels Oracle JDK 7 compilers on Mac.
OS X 10.7, Xcode 4.1 (easiest, and possibly the only way to get this, is from the Mac App Store), and Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Update 1
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OS X 10.6.8, Xcode 3.2.6 (download from Apple Developer Portal), and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6
Mercurial version control tool. I installed this easily with the use of the awesome Mac package installer Homebrew. Simply run: “brew install hg”. (I didn’t make a dime for that blatant Homebrew plug ? )
Simple Process:
- Follow the Oracle instructions to “Get the Code”
- Run the Build command (part of the command is hidden by the box on the screen and if you don’t look close you may miss when copying / pasting) ?
For all practical purposes, that’s it. If you want to install JDK 7 in the “Apple recommended” location follow steps 3-5 on the Oracle wiki page.
Just for grins I’m pasting the output of my build command. Pretty nice for a “wimpy” Mac Book Air. ?
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If you have any questions about these steps just leave a comment below or ping me on twitter (@erikweibust).