Since OS X 10.7 Java is not (pre-)installed anymore, let’s fix that. As I’m writing this, Java 11.0.9 is the latest LTS (Long Term Support) version and AdoptOpenJDK is one of the best places to find Prebuilt OpenJDK Binaries. Easy to follow details about how to install OpenJDK are available here.
However, the easiest way is to select OpenJDK 11 (LTS), the HotSpot JVM, and macOS x64 is to get the latest release here:
Select macOS and x64 and download the JDK (about 190 MB), which will put the OpenJDK11U-jdk_x64_mac_hotspot_11.0.9_11.pkg file into your ~/Downloads folder
MacOS 11 Big Sur macOS Big Sur, unveiled in June 2020 at WWDC, is the newest version of macOS, was released on November 12. MacOS Big Sur features an overhauled look, and it's such a big update. IZotope products have been updated to support macOS 11 Big Sur on Intel-based Macs only.
Clicking on pkg file, will install into this location: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-11.jdk
Almost done. After opening a terminal, the successful installation of the JDK can be confirmed like so:
… hopefully showing something like this:
Os 11 Big Sur Release Date
JAVA_HOME is an important environment variable and it’s important to get it right. Here is a trick that allows me to keep the environment variable current, even after a Java Update was installed. In ~/.zshrc, I set the variable like so:
In previous macOS versions, this was done in ~/.bash_profile. Anyway, open a new terminal and verify:
Source Code
Os 11 Big Sur
The source code of the Java Platform, Standard Edition 11 Reference Implementations binaries is available under the GPLv2 in a single zip file.
Mac Os 11 Big Sur Iso
API Specification
Big Sur Map
The API Specification of the Java Platform, Standard Edition and Java Development Kit
can be found here: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/ Psx for mac emulator.